Minna Immonen

Minna L. Immonen is a Finnish artist, best known for her postcards. She designed a Valentine's Day stamp series issued in 2000 and three Christmas stamps issued in 2009. Wikipedia

Born: 23 January 1964 (age 60), Posio

 

Outgoing mail

 Motoristit - Motorists

Illustration by Minna Immonen, Finnish artist

Traveling to California for Eugenie

Happy 1st of May

Party time

Illustration by Minna Immonen, Finnish artist

Sent by Merja from Kangasala, Finland

 

Smile on Saturday

"Nice to see yoy again"

Illustration by Minna Immonen, Finnish Artist

Sent by my niece and her family

 

Sunday goodies

winter delicacy

Illustration by Minna Immonen 

Sent to Alie in The Netherlands

 

First of May

Happy First of May

Illustration Minna Immonen, Finnish artist

Spring Joys

Art by Martta Wendelin, Finnish artist

 

Joys of Winter

Joys of winter  by Finnish illustrators part  1.

Illustration Inge Löök

 

Illustration Katja Saario

Illustration Maarit Ailio

Illustration Martta Wendelin 

Illustration Minna Immonen

 

Animals in snow

Reindeer in snow

Illustration Arja Laihonen, Finnish artist

 

Bear and elf

Illustration Sussi-Ann Åberg, Finnish

Moose in snow

Illustration Minna Immonen, Finnish 

Holy Innocents Day

 

The Holy Innocents  Day is celebrated in memory of the children from Bethlehem who were killed by King Herod according to the 2nd chapter of the Gospel of Matthew

Illustration Minna Immonen, Finnish artist

Illustration Rudof Koivu, Finnish artist

Christmas traditions

Christmas Sauna

 Kaatina Toivanen, Finnish illustrator

Kaarina Toivanen (b. 1959) is one of Finland's most famous postcard artists. There is a lot of rural spirit, traditions and nature in her csrds like pictures of animals, gnomes, but the artist's favorite subject is elves.

 Minna Immonen, Finnish illustrator

Minna L. Immonen (b.1964) is also one of the most popular Finnish visual artists, known especially for her postcards.

Sent by Kirsi on 31 Oct, 2022 from Lahti, Finland

Christmas porridge

Jenny Nyström, Swedish illustrator

Christmas tree

Lars Carlsson, Swedish illustrator

Santa Claus is coming 

Illustration Lisi Martin

Red Houses at Christmas

Many wooden houses are painted deep red in Finland. The deep red tradition didn’t actually start in Finland, but rather, in Sweden.  The ores from copper mines in Falun produced iron oxide, a byproduct of burning the ore to obtain the copper. Originally the red dirt was considered trash and piled up beside the mine. A few hundred years later, someone noticed that the pile had not rotted or decayed and began manufacturing it as paint. Since it was cheap and easy to produce, many wealthy people did not use it, preferring to use expensive pigments in colors of yellow or white. Finland calls this red paint punamulta, or “red earth”. 

Red houses  at Christmas by Finnish illustrators

Illustration Aila Utriainen

Illustration by Anita Polkutie

Illustration  by Jaana Aalto

Illustration by Maikki Parikka

Illustration by Heikki Laaksonen

Illustration by Marjaliisa Pitkäranta

Illustration Minna Immonen

Illustration Minna Lehväslaiho

Illustration Omppu Omenamäki

Illustration by Raija Riihimäki

My red house ♥ at  Christmas time

 

Week 47. Outgoing mail

Many ways to experience music

Sinfonia Lahti

hugging tuba

in the autumn mood

in the winter mood

In the Christmas mood

Happy and lovely Christmas time

Illustration Minna Immonen, Finnish

Domestic tourism

Illustration Raija Männistö-Koski,  my hometown artist

In the cottage mood

Summer vacation in Finland is not complete without spending time at a summer cottage by the lake. We Finns drive to our cottages for hours, only to spend weekends and summer holidays in complete peace and solitude. The most popular cottage season starts at Midsummer in late June and lasts until the end of the summer holiday season, end of July.

We Finns like to keep our distance to neighbours :)  

Summer cottages. Illustartion Minna Immonen, Finnish

Summer cottage. Illustration Virpi Pekkala, Finnish

 

Flowers

FB-swap, Random September

Cactus collection

Sent by Tuovi from Tampere, Finland

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Dancing Lady Orchid

Sent by Amy on 15 Mar, 2021 from Santa Clara California

FB-swap Flowers

Lavandula Officinalis Chaix

Sent by Virpi on 19 Jun, 2020 from Helsinki, Finland 

Roses by Minna Immonen, Finnish artist

 

Happy Valentine's Day

Friendship makes heaven and earth blossom

Illustration Hanne Serjo (Finnish)

Illustration Minna Immonen (Finnish)

Hurray Friendship!

Illustration Priit Rea, Estonian artist

Illustration Aila Utriainen (Finnish)