Portrait Frits Ahlefeldt, Norway

HikingArtist.com – The site I started in 2007, is now back, with more of my cartoons, illustrations and thoughts.

Art, ideas and text by Frits Ahlefeldt

Illustration of a hiker changing thoughts while hiking. Hiking cartoon and drawing by Frits Ahlefeldt

Walking helps our ability to think in ways we still do better experience, than sit and think about…

Illustration of hikers on a trail going right in through city hall in town. Hiking cartoon and drawing by Frits Ahlefeldt

Walkability could be the simple answer to all the questions our cars don’t want us to ask

Illustration of a huge hand reaching out of the ocean for a city. Hiking drawing by Frits Ahlefeldt

The only thing that seems unchanging is how the experts get climate change wrong, do we feel lucky?

Man - Hiker on a line and text: "You can only follow one trail at the time" Hiking cartoon and drawing by Frits Ahlefeldt

We are hardwired to only walk one path, to only do one thing at the time

Cartoon of a boy with backpack outdoors with a police officer holding him in the arm talking to his parent. Officer says: We found him talking to trees offline" Parent says OMG Offline. Hiking cartoon and drawing by Frits Ahlefeldt

Online anybody can be fairytale figures and super heroes, but off-line the limits are more narrow

Cartoon: Hiker leaving the lottery cue. With text: "Abandoning hope". Hiking cartoon and drawing by Frits Ahlefeldt

Hoping for change can put the odds against us

Cartoon: Hiker with phone saying "This map is not correct" Phone answer "It is you that is not correct" Hiking cartoon and drawing by Frits Ahlefeldt

Sharing reality with a phone is not what it used to be

illustration of monument with pigeon on it and a girl feeding pigeon besides it. Text Monument and Moment. Hiking cartoon and drawing by Frits Ahlefeldt

Two ways to make a difference…

Drawing of an umbrella with faces on it. Illustration by Frits Ahlefeldt

Our relationships and communities as an umbrella of people protecting us and helping us facing challenges together

Drawing of a huge self driving automatic, intelligent farming machine asking small traditional tractor "breakfast?" Illustration by Frits ahlefeldt

Farming machines today comes in a new scale and with added artificial intelligence – Maybe even with new kind of needs?

Drawing of a water can with the tip turning back inwards over itself. Circular storytelling Illustration by Frits Ahlefeldt

Drawing of self-watering can with a landscape inside as one way to explain circularity

Drawing of a man sitting on top of a thick book with the title "knowhere" and a woman with backpack climbing the edge where the title is "knowedge". Illustration by Frits Ahlefeldt

Drawing up two different ways to understand on top of a book

Drawing of a circle of trees with the roots going together and forming a heart. Illustration by Frits Ahlefeldt

Some believe that trees are not only able to communicate through their roots but also connect, think and feel like a giant natural, ancient Earth creature

Drawing by Frits Ahlefeldt of a hiker with a long beard that becomes a trail. Illustration hiking.

Becoming the trail – Sketching up thoughts on reality

Drawing of a woman in water surrounded by Fish. Drawing by Frits Ahlefeldt

Fish and water drawing

illustration of people walking under a sign that writes "home as trail" Drawing by

Walking along home instead of to it

Hiker with landscapes on top of his head. illustration by Frits Ahlefeldt

Phew, I’ve finally managed to add my almost 10 years of posting ((350+ posts) under my “HikingArtist” name into my Frits Ahlefeldt site. So now I use: FritsAhlefeldt only.

illustration of a man in a car, that makes pollution that becomes heavy rain over a hiker. Get a car the driver advice. illustration by Frits Ahlefeldt

Logbook 15 March – The worse and more extreme the weather becomes… The more people wants to stay in their cars

Drawing of a man with beard and spear, to a businessman with umbrella, to a selfie taking modern man. illustration by Frits Ahlefeldt

Thoughts on how we went from spear throwing warriors, over self-sheltering businessmen, to become the modern Selfie taking man