Viive Sterpu

Who is Viive Sterpu?

Viive Sterpu is an Estonian artist married to fellow artist Eugen Sterpu. She lives and works Tallinn, Estonia.

Viive Sterpu draws mostly with pastel colours on sandpaper. She also has had experiments with graphic art and glass works. Sterpu finds her motifs mostly from everyday life and from her art can be found female tenderness as well as the loneliness of a citywoman. She loves animals and nature and portrays them with pleasure in her art. The colours of her art are clear and they are in a harmonic balance with each other.

Viive Sterpu signs her art with the name '"Viive"'. Before her marriage she used name "Sirkel" as a signature.

In 2004 Estonian Television made a document “Viive and Eugen Sterpu” for the programme series “Subjektiiv”.