The abstract paintings of Teemu Kangas are mostly based on drawing vertical or horizontal straight lines. Typically, the lines are drawn by balancing a brush on the side of a ruler which is held in the other hand at a 45-degree angle, to prevent ink from seeping under the ruler and staining the paper. Sometimes a finger or other applicable tools are used to stamp traces onto the surface. The effect in most of the paintings comes from the desaturation of the brush or the applicable tool. This is, when ink or paint runs out, the line or pattern begins to fade. When the process is repeated on a surface of a given size, chance creates different kinds of visual effects.

This minimal and systematic practice works as a concentrative meditative task for the artist and as a meditative viewing experience for the viewer. Both can tap into the same source. The aim has been to bring together Western modernist art practice and contemplation.