Autumnal Courage chalk postcard

The approaching hibernation of nature in which we say goodbye to the heat and exuberance of summer in all its splendor.  On your own power through the hibernation of the earth.  Gather the harvest, gather courage.  And being brave and brave is not a show, it is in you.

Courage is inspired by the Feast of St. Michael, celebrated in the fall season. This is also called the Dragon Age , a time that requires courage and willpower to go to war against our inner dragons.  We let go of the freedom and carelessness of summer and the dark months are once again ahead of us.  But you really don't have to be a knight or look like one to be brave.

Geertje Kapteijns (1980) is a visual artist, living in Dordrecht, Netherlands.  When her children went to a Waldorf school, she was introduced to the way in which the seasons and annual festivals are celebrated and how children are able to be children during childhood.  This has proved to be a huge source of inspiration.  She started making chalkboard drawings and over time, she released them as cards, as well as her watercolour paintings as cards.  The cards are small works of art that encourage a conscious reflection on a certain time of the year or a certain event and the feeling that goes with that.  Drawings that make you look forward to remembering a beautiful moment.  

There is something magical about a chalkboard drawing.  Because of the black background, you not only apply color when you start drawing, but also light.  Chalk as a material is vulnerable but also very flexible, you can make quick impressions with it, but you can also work with it in detail.  The board drawings are transient, and eventually become again.  However, this also creates space for a new drawing.

Geertje uses Mercurius chalkboard chalk for all her chalkboard drawings

10.5 x 14.8 cm.

Print of a chalkboard drawing on a large quality paper card.

Printed in the Netherlands.