Four Creative Ideas From Hilma af Klint’s Work
Last week, I went to see the exhibition called Arcana Borealis – Northern Women and Ecotericism. The fourth floor of the Finnish National Gallery was full of mystical paintings, sculptures, and textile art. My favorite mystical artist is Swedish Hilma af Klint (1862-1944), and I took some photos of her paintings. Now I pick four details from her work and share four creative ideas with you.
Idea #1 – Counterparts
Combine two different shapes in one painting or drawing so that they lean on each other. One can be geometric, the other more organic. Be bold and use strong contrasts.
Idea #2: Big in Small – Small in Big
Play with size differences and express something so big and great that it makes everything else shrink.
Hilma af Klint: The Dove, nr. 13, 1915, detail
Idea #3 – Two Spirals
Paint or draw two spirals, but so that they are different from each other. Experiment with tension and balance.
Hilma af Klint: The Large Figure Paintings no. 4, 1907, detail
Idea #4 – Rising Energy
Paint colors and then visualise their rising energy.
Hilma af Klint: The Dove no. 1, 1915, detail
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