My first Inge Löök card

This is my first Inge Löök card.  I generally don’t quite care for cartoon-y postcards but this series by Inge Löök of two spritely elderly aunties amuses me.

 

According to a write-up:

Inge Löök was born in Helsinki in 1951. She is both a gardener and an illustrator. Today she lives in Pernaja, Finland.  Her illustrations are mainly inspirations from her own surroundings or life. To date, there are 36 different images of the aunties. I would have expected there to be more than 36 different images given the popularity of this series.

 

When she was a child, Inge lived with her family in a 7-storey building in Helsinki. In the same building lived two older women, Alli and Fifi, who later became the inspiration for the characters in her 'Old Ladies' postcards. She says the women look nearly the same as their real-life models... and they have a lot more fun!

Inge's look on life is one of optimism and happiness, and it shows on the pictures she draws. The aunties (or grannies) are always happy and having fun, and their motto is "Time is not money and spending it isn’t a sin".

Inge has drawn more than 300 postcards on different topics, and has also illustrated several stamps and children's books.

Thanks to Susannah of Finland for this lovely postcard (26 March 2014).