Hardy Plants 1934

Paul Klee made this painting, Hardy Plants, with oil on canvas. Imagine him layering these colours, blush and rose, peach and fawn, like dawn gradually breaking on the horizon. I think he's exploring a strange little world. The lines appear etched, almost like they were made with a very fine point, while the smudges of brown pigment add depth to the otherwise flat surface. I wonder if Klee knew these plants, or were they conjured from memory? The paint is thin, allowing the texture of the canvas to show through, which creates a sense of transparency. It feels like he’s capturing something fleeting, an ephemeral moment that trembles between representation and abstraction, a conversation between forms. Klee and other artists have been in an ongoing exchange of ideas across time, inspiring one another's creativity, offering new ways of seeing.