Drie composities, waarvan één met een figuur 1919

Reijer Stolk made this sketch, "Drie composities, waarvan één met een figuur", using pencil to mark the page with an array of gestural lines. It looks like he’s mapping out a world. I wonder what it was like for Stolk to create this work, perhaps thinking through an idea, his pencil darting across the page to catch an image. The marks are so immediate. Look at the top of the page where a figure is bent over. The marks are light, quick, and overlapping. The artist seems to be thinking through the figure's form, trying different positions, and creating a sense of movement and energy. The other smaller compositions are similar, with their own internal logic and spatial dynamics. I love to think about artists working through ideas in sketchbooks, building on each other, finding inspiration in the everyday, and how this piece continues this conversation.