Icy Prospectus - Exhibition, Emma-Espoo Museum Of Modern Art, Finland, October 1, 2010-January 8, 2011
Jorma Puranen

"In Icy Prospects painterly quality is associated with the feeling of danger in unknown landscapes, the perspective of the stranger. In this work, almost haltucinatory visions are like the echoes of ancient expeditions lost in the Arctic seas. I am reminded of the story about J.M.W. Turner, who told that he had himself bound to the mast of a ship to experience the extremes of a storm in order to paint the world in a more credible manner." Jorma Puranen