Kardemumma Art

I was born in1969 to Finnish Immigrants in Mount Isa, surrounded by the rugged and arid beauty of the Selwyn Ranges, the warmth and richness of my parents’ cultural heritage and a diverse cross culture that was an Australian mining town in the 1970’s.

My early world was coloured by the way light lay across the ochres of the land, watching the sway of the spinifex in the breeze, the dust caught in the sunlight rising from cattle trains on station roads and the moonlight gleam of the tallest ghost gums while immersed within the classic and timeless designs of Finnish aesthetics. 

While my focus was on raising a family coupled with a career in the Mining and Minerals Industries in the North of Queensland, Gulf Country and recently the Victorian Mallee, photography took a backseat.

As life does, it gives you a hurry up, my husband passed away in 2019 of Glioblastoma and the trajectory of my life changed. In 2023 I picked up a camera again, and found solace with my first love exploring light and shadow.