Hi there and welcome!

First something about me. I was born in 1973 in a small village Oitti in southern Finland. I lived there until I moved to Kuopio in 1995. Kuopio is located in eastern Finland. I came here to study clinical nutrition in the University of Kuopio. I graduated in 2000 as a MSc, clinical nutritionist and currently I'm a PhD student at the Research Institute of Public Health here in the University of Kuopio.

To this site I have collected colored pencil works that I've made in last six or so years. I have always liked drawing, but earlier I just used regular pencils. Then about seven years ago I bought a set of 12 colored pencils and thought to give it a try. And that's how it started. Since then I have used colored pencils almost exclusively, except for ink for calligraphy works. I also have "a few" pencils more than when I started :)

However, I do have a small problem. I've found the sources for my pictures (except for the fauna) from various web sites and some books. The problem is that I haven't been able to find those sites or books again. This means that I haven't been able to give credit to some of the original artists. If anyone knows whose work I have used as a reference for some of my pictures, please let me know.

And lastly, a big THANK YOU goes to Thomas (my brother-in-law) and Mauro for the main design of this site. It's good to have a professional in the family :-)

I hope you enjoy your visit here. I'll be adding more pictures as soon as I get them finished, so stop by every now and then.

Jyrki