Rikka Sormunen
|Finnish illustrator Rikka Sormunen’s sultry figures are simply stunning in their ability to convey a powerful sense of mystery and dense ambiance. I simply can’t get enough of them.
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gak said | 2 April, 2009
Where can we purchase prints? If prints are even offered…. I’m rapt!