Raana Lehtinen’s paintings hover in a borderland between realism and expressive dream. Her works radiate a tantalizing sense of imagination – an element of fairy-tale. 

Within her distinctive world, seemingly spilled spontaneously across the canvas, everything feels harmonious, and even the ordinary turns luminous. Lehtinen plays at the threshold between the visible and the hidden: figures merge with nature, while miniature details emerge with striking clarity. Foliage, animals, and insects take on heightened significance, and – as in fairy tales – small things assume a grander scale and deeper meaning. 

She embraces bright color not as exaggeration, but as truth – an honest reflection of nature’s own glow. In her world, everyday life becomes enchanted: the blossoming of bird cherry trees transports us into a realm of dream, and a spring picnic is transformed into an almost supernatural vision.

Raana Lehtinen (b. 1990) graduated from Helsinki’s Academy of Fine Arts in 2024, and from the Free Art School in 2019. She has presented several solo exhibitions, and her work has featured in numerous group shows, including the Academy of Fine Arts’ Master’s Degree Show in Helsinki, Wiurila Summer Art Biennale in Salo, the Ljungberg Museum in Sweden, and the Museum of National History in Hillerød, Denmark. 

Galerie Forsblom

28.11.2025-11.1.2026
Tue-Fri 11.00–18.00
Sat-Sun 12.00–16.00
Free entry