Angel Sarkela-Saur
12"x16"

This painting is inspired by the Kalevala. Vainamoinen tricks his brother, Ilmarinen, and sends him to the Northland to forge the magic Sampo.

"Now the storm-wind quickly darkens, Quickly piles the air together,
Makes of air a sailing vessel,
Takes the blacksmith, Ilmarinen, Fleetly from the fir-tree branches,
Toward the never-pleasant Northland, Toward the dismal Sariola.
Through the air sailed Ilmarinen,
Fast and far the hero travelled,
Sweeping onward, sailing northward,
Riding in the track of storm-winds,
O'er the Moon, beneath the sunshine,
On the broad back of the Great Bear,
Till he neared Pohyola's woodlands"