{"id":932,"date":"2025-08-29T14:59:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T12:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/auroralabsnorway.com\/blog\/?p=932"},"modified":"2025-09-17T20:14:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T18:14:46","slug":"the-arctistic-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/auroralabsnorway.com\/blog\/the-arctistic-project\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ar(c)tistic Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For a long time, the Ar(c)tistic Project was a cherished part of the Aurora Labs family. It was born from a simple idea: to connect the incredible beauty of the Arctic with the power of human creativity. While Aurora Labs has evolved its services to focus on private, guided Arctic and Aurora tours, I never want to lose the legacy of this project. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This page is a permanent home for the wonderful contributions I’ve received over the years, a tribute to the artists and dreamers who saw the North as their muse. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you everyone for having been part or the Ar(c)tistic initiative!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Northern Lights and Arctic Landscapes from Garrick Lam<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab I am from Hong Kong and have been fascinated by the magnificence of northern lights. After I had the opportunity to travel to the Arctic, I am more drawn into the northern light magic, breathtaking natural landscape and the heart-warming culture of the Arctic. These are the inspiration of my paintings. I hope I will have the chance to live in the Arctic and continue to be amazed by the Arctic. \u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Don\u2019t stop dreaming and fight for your dream, Garrick! Aurora Labs was born from a similar dream The best of luck to you!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Northern Lights and Northern Landscapes from Doina B.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab I am Doina B., a retired person, who started painting at the age of 63! Even if we do it clumsily and imperfectly, we need to let imagination run free! Therapy through arts works wonders! \u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Imperfections make the world beautiful! Keep up the excellent work, Doina!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cool Drawings from Alex<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Alex is a 7-year-old droll boy, passionate about Lego and drawing. He\u2019s been passionate about drawing since he was little, starting with small paintings on the rooms\u2019 walls, then continuing by filling whole sketchpads with landscapes from his trips or with his favorite characters from fairytales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As you can see on Alex\u2019s map of Europe, Norway is best represented by the Northern Lights! Thanks Alex for your awesome contribution to the project! Looking forward for more of your very cool drawings!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Northern Lights in Art<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There are some wonderful works of art having the Aurora as main focus. Find here a few of these works of art, which depict this wonderful phenomenon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aurora Borealis by Frederic Edwin Church (1865)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Image credit: Frederic Edwin Church artist QS:P170,Q366212 Details of artist on Google Art Project (https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File: Frederic_Edwin_Church_-_Aurora_Borealis_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg), \u201cFrederic Edwin Church \u2013 Aurora Borealis \u2013 Google Art Project\u201d, marked as public domain, more details on Wikimedia Commons: https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/Template:PD-old<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Skiing Lapp with the Northern Lights by Frants B\u00f8e (1885)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Image credit: Frederic Edwin Church artist QS:P170,Q366212 Details of artist on Image credit: Frants Diderik B\u00f8e artist QS:P170,Q1796156 (https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File: Frants_B\u00f8e_-_Sami_on_skis_in_northern_lights,_1885.jpg), \u201cFrants B\u00f8e \u2013 Sami on skis in northern lights, 1885\u201d, marked as public domain, more details on Wikimedia Commons: https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/Template:PD-old<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Northern Lights by Tom Thomson (1917)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Image credit: Tom Thomson author QS:P170,Q2035136 (https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File: Tom_Thomson_Northern_Lights.jpg), \u201cTom Thomson Northern Lights\u201d, marked as public domain, more details on Wikimedia Commons: https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/Template:PD-1996<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Norwegian currency<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Noteworthy from an artistic point of view, is the now outdated 200 NOK banknote. In 1994, a 200 NOK banknote was issued, which featured, on the front side, the portrait of Kristian Birkeland, a Norwegian magnetism researcher against a stylized Aurora Borealis. It also shows Birkeland\u2019s terrella experiment, on the left side. The backside of this banknote features a stylized Auroral Oval, also evoking the fact that there are daytime Northern Lights in places covered by 24 hours darkness during the polar night, which was an impressive discovery at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Images credit: Norges Bank<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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