Creative Break (2025)

Digital collage inspired by and old, Finnish painting

In March 2025, we at Hki Collage launched our very own social media collage challenge. Our first topic was coffee, which sent me to browse old paintings in online collections.

I found a lovely painting in a Finnish collection, and built a collage around that. I also included an ancient Japanese painting in the background - as well as an old public domain photo of a man sitting.

Coffee cup detail from 'Still-Life' (image 3) by Meri Genetz (1885-1943). Mikkeli City Museums via Finna. CC BY 4.0.