Hilma Af Klint Project

Hilma Af Klint (1862-1944) was a Swedish artist who explored the intersection of nature, spirituality, and emotions in abstraction. I recently read Hilma Af Klint: Notes and Methods, a curated book of her sketchbooks and notebooks edited by Christine Burgin, and have been inspired by Af Klint ever since.

This comparisons are based on her sketchbook on Flowers, Mosses, and Lichens. She would look at the plants and try to capture their emotional life in an abstract way, that she has codified over the years.

Here I have placed them side by side. On the left, is my illustration of the plant I discovered when I looked up the scientific name that Klint has noted in her abstraction, of which I have reproduced on the right.