iikka Keränen

@iikka.bsky.social

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Finnish-American artist living and working in Seattle. Former game developer and burned out gifted kid. I do have an Etsy shop now: https://www.etsy.com/shop/iikkaArt

"Night at the Waterfront" acrylic painting by iikka Keranen. Colorfully lit buildings reflected on water, with full moon in the background.
Artist iikka keranen at farmers market with his paintings
"Breeze" acrylic painting by iikka Keranen
"Explorer", an acrylic painting by iikka Keranen
"Slabblication on Blue" acrylic painting by iikka Keranen
"Tiara" acrylic painting by iikka Keranen
"Space Needle at Dusk", acrylic painting by iikka Keränen
"Condition Blue", acrylic painting by iikka Keränen
"Emerald Dawn" acrylic painting by iikka Keränen
"Congruflation" abstract acrylic painting by iikka Keränen.
"Blue Hat" acrylic painting by iikka Keränen. A portrait of a woman with blue-white hair wearing a blue sun hat against a backdrop of sea and sky
"Mind is a Beach" acrylic painting by iikka Keränen. Impressionist depiction of sky and ocean painted in blocky strokes
"Splerch", acrylic painting by iikka Keränen
"Typolisk" acrylic painting by iikka Keränen
"Blue Dress" acrylic painting by iikka Keränen
"Inevitability of Life" acrylic art by iikka Keränen. Vine-like strands of life reach from one star to another across time, space and language.
A pareidolia-inducing improvisation with no hidden messages whatsoever
A depiction of language evolving into more complex forms as the society matures
A spectrum of colors separated into layers resembling geologic strata, some with markings that could be interpreted as text
"Springtime", a pen&ink artwork by iikka Keränen. A tender scene of companionship under a full moon
"Metro Sunset" acrylic painting by iikka Keränen. A fiery light pillar shoots up into the sky beyond a city of irregular spires.
"A Cry For Kelp" acrylic art by iikka Keränen. An underwater scene of plant life with octopus-like creatures.
"Eyes of the City" pen & ink artwork by iikka Keränen. An abstracted face overlaid on a cityscape, as if reflected in a windowpane.
"The Outside" pen & ink artwork by iikka Keränen. A lone figure stands on a balcony watching the sunset. There are trees.
"The Wrong Kind of Honey" acrylic art by iikka Keränen. A couple of very confused bees explore a previously unseen side of the hive.
"Part 1" acrylic painting by iikka Keränen. Nude legs in graphic arts style against a green background of interlocking geometric shapes.
"Inspiration" by iikka Keränen. A pen & ink portrait of a young woman mostly hidden in darkness, with a burst of light emerging from where one of her eyes would be.
"Colony", acrylic art by iikka Keränen. A hazy projection of an infohabitat in a higher-dimensional space
"Room With a View" pen & ink art by iikka Keränen. A figure lies on the floor of a cavernous room with a crystal throne. Large, arched windows show a nocturnal seascape with a thin crescent moon above.
"Gift", pen & ink artwork by iikka Keränen. A mysterious exchange between two lizards and an individual living in a society without individuality.
"Moon Song" art by iikka Keränen. A family of tentacular tigers enjoying a nice evening under the moonlight.
Map of North America as shown in a world map by Petro Plancio
A humanoid-starfish creature covered in thick fur well adapted to life in a world entirely made of ice cubes. Its eyes light up as it sees a fellow traveler. Will you give it a hug?
Is it a creature, a plant or just part of its environment? Whatever it is, it's brown and fuzzy just like everything in its world.
"Auspicion" by iikka Keränen. A colorful cityscape with buildings of stained glass in black frames among tentacular trees and abstracted angular cliffs. In the foreground, two lizards take in the scene.
"Top of The Rock" by iikka Keränen. New York City skyline centered on the Empire State Building, stylized in flat planes of pastel color.
An inky-black squid-like creature with a gift package in front of a forked, twisted evergreen tree festooned with holiday lights.
"Serenitude" by iikka Keränen. A jumble of bright colors describes a peaceful scene, with city lights reflecting on water under a celestial orrery of stars rotating around the moon. In the foreground a man reclines against a tree, taking a break from work and responsibilities.
A woman standing next to a toilet, holding a painting of herself standing next to a toilet.
A futuristic vision of Seattle skyline with Tahoma (Mt. Rainier) in the background. The sky is composed of flat color planes giving the impression of stained glass.
A series of six small acrylic paintings depicting cartoony interdimensional creatures
Iikka Keränen holding the painting "machine tears". The painting depicts a machine consciousness being moved to tears as it observes a forest, reflected in its eyes.