Juhani Honkanen
Paintings for Joulumuorin päiväkirja (Mrs. Claus’s Diary) by Hannu Musakka — a working portfolio, photographed directly from the original canvases.
Recognition
Société Académique d’Éducation et d’Encouragement — Diplôme de Médaille, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, 2000.
Practice
Painter and sculptor, working in oil on linen canvas. Over 200 joint exhibitions in Finland and abroad, including France and Sweden.
This Series
One small illustration for every day of December in Mrs. Claus’s Diary — matching the book’s own Advent-calendar structure.
Nine paintings, one Advent calendar
These nine works are the first from an ongoing series. The paintings shown here are photographed directly from the canvas rather than professionally scanned — a temporary working record while the series is completed.
The riverbank sauna at Mittumaari — 23rd June
Writing the diary that gives the book its name
Korvatunturi keeps the dark months lit
The community waits out the winter light together
The sleigh’s journey into the last dark before dawn
The fell, seen the way its own people see it
Setting out across the December dusk
Cattle, quiet company, and the long light of June
Home, with the aurora standing watch overhead
Mrs. Claus’s Diary
by Hannu Musakka
Illustrated by Juhani Honkanen
Submission Contact
Lasse Laaksonen, Project Director & Translation Editor
+358 45 1352646