Leena Estelle Luostarinen (15 May 1949 – 28 July 2013) was a Finnish

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

. Working as an artist for over forty years, she was well known for her colourful and mysterious works. Many of her paintings featured

felines The Felinae are a subfamily of the family Felidae. This subfamily comprises the small cats having a bony hyoid, because of which they are able to purr but not roar. Other authors have proposed an alternative definition for this subfamily: as c ...

ibis The ibises () (collective plural ibis; classical plurals ibides and ibes) are a group of long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, that inhabit wetlands, forests and plains. "Ibis" derives from the Latin and Ancient Greek word f ...

es, flowers, and sphinxes. Luostarinen received various awards and grants during her lifetime, including the

Pro Finlandia Medal The Order of the Lion of Finland ( fi, Suomen Leijonan ritarikunta; sv, Finlands Lejons orden) is one of three official orders in Finland, along with the Order of the Cross of Liberty and the Order of the White Rose of Finland. The President ...

in 1995.Taidehalli. Leena Luostarinen: Tiger Drawer. URL: (Referred 31 July 2013)

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Finnish painters 1949 births 2013 deaths Pro Finlandia Medals of the Order of the Lion of Finland 20th-century Finnish women artists 21st-century Finnish women artists {{Finland-artist-stub