I paint the wanderer's horizon, sky, land and sea, but at the same time the temporality of the surrounding reality.

All my pictures are fleeting impressions in a way. When I paint, I keep the darkness at bay. That is perhaps the most important motive for my painting.

I need paradise, like we all do, even if just for one day at a time.

Elina Melgin paints with acrylic, pigment and oil paints at the Cable Factory in Helsinki and Karjaa. She also occasionally paints in France, where she has received art education related to materials and techniques in the master-competition format. Melgin also makes monotypes. PhD, communications professional Elina Melgin works as a part-time professor of working life at the University of Vaasa.