Hugo Simberg (1873 – 1917)

1896

Watercolor and gouache

16 cm × 17 cm (6.3 in × 6.7 in)

Ateneum, Helsinki

  • David From Space
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    411 months ago

    Gardening in a nutshell: “My soul may be a blackened, withered and dry husk, but my plant babies are thriving!”

    • @SalamendaciousOP
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      211 months ago

      In the artist’s notes he wrote that this represents “the place where the dead end up before going to Heaven.”

      • David From Space
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        411 months ago

        I’ve also killed a lot of plants in my time…I wonder if this is where they go!

        • @SalamendaciousOP
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          311 months ago

          I feel your pain. I’ve tried but I just don’t have a green thumb. The only thing that I can grow consistently is basil.