Keni Arts, as Keni Davis is known, was friendly and willing to talk – so long as he could keep painting.

Finnish National Gallery/ Alteneum Art Museum View from Pyynikki Ridge (1900) by Helmi Biese, depicts a bird's-eye view of the Finnish boreal forest (Credit: Finnish National Gallery/ Alteneum Art ...

“Surprisingly good. I was a little concerned about it because, you know, I’m doing it partly as a way to help myself heal and go through the process. Painting is the way I cope with things.