Artist Ruth Mänttäri

I am not a professional art critic, but I would venture to say that there are at least a couple of pieces in this collection of paintings by Mänttäri that even the 'educated' eye would find worthy of praise.

There isn't much about this artist to be found on the internet. A brief bio is included in one anthology - Life and Death: Writing Experience 2002 Anthology - all I could find. If anyone has any more info to share - a photo would be appreciated - please email me!

I found this slide show on an interesting 'film & animation' blog by Des out of Los Angeles, California. He provides this brief intro to the collection:

"The original paintings of Finnish artist Ruth Mänttäri , including the autographed limited edition Farscape paintings, set to the music of Nightwish's song "Death Makes An Artist" (Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan) from their "Once" Album. Ruth not only has had gallery showings of her art, but her work has also been published."

Ms. Mänttäri (if this is the artist) passed away in San Diego, California just this year (October 5th, 2008) at the age of 68.

Thank you, Des, for introducing her work to the world through cyberspace!

Death Makes An Artist - Nightwish - Farscape