One river, 12 paintings: Keili Major’s year on the Tanaro

Every month for a year, Keili Major returns to the same spot on the Tanaro river and paints it – using only her fingers. On the bank of the Tanaro, in a small valley in the Ligurian Alps, stands a stone cairn. It was placed there in May 2026 by the Estonian painter Keili Major. Major will return to that exact spot 12 times – once a month from June 2026 to May 2027. On each visit, she will photograph the river in the same light before spending a month translating what she saw into a 60 x 80cm oil painting on cotton canvas. Continue reading One river, 12 paintings: Keili Major’s year on the Tanaro at Estonian World.