I want to feel without touching.

I want the connection I have with the natural world to come through in my work.
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“I’m loving your new work. You have a blazingly personal, mature style that makes your work so special.”

Barbara Mullaly, Docent Guide

National Gallery of Canada
Ottawa, Ontario

I find myself morphing
with the natural surroundings.


“Your paintings are getting more and more spectacular. I never thought they could be better than the others but each one seems to be…”

Marilyn Mansfield | Principal

Venta Preparatory School

Ottawa, Ontario

Like our garden,
painting lets me co-create


“Can I afford to come to your shows anymore? Can I afford not to!”

Joan Schwartz, Professor

Department of Art History & Conservation,
Queen’s University
Kingston, Ontario

Peaceful, but always moving.


Commissioned to create limited edition etchings for the University of Lethbridge Faculty Association, I was inspired by the ancient Indigenous burial grounds south of Fort Macleod”.

Kaija Savinanen

School of Fine Arts
Gold Medal Recipient


One of the most interesting displays at Heritage Hall, are the life size horses by artist Kaija Mountain.

Kay Lavers, Board Director

Lethbridge & District Exhibition


“So glad we found you”

Shirley Gobeil, Board Director

CBC / Ottawa
In Town and Out 


“The artist, Kaija Savinainen speaks about how a place stays with you even when you find yourself in a different place. She speaks about her sense of connection  and kinship with nature.She experiences place and is open to the emanations.”

Linda Hegland BFA, MFA

Simon Fraser University
Masters Thesis
Burnaby, British Columbia