The tree 2005

Alfred Freddy Krupa made this drawing of a tree, and I like how he’s working with some pretty classic materials here: paper and pencil, but finding a totally unique way to use them. It looks so spontaneous and free. Look at how he lets the pencil lines vary in pressure, creating a real sense of depth and texture, even though the image is almost entirely linear. The tree's branches reach out across the paper, and each twig seems to have its own personality. There's a playfulness in the lines, a sort of dance between control and letting go. It's like Krupa is not just drawing a tree, but also drawing the feeling of a tree, its presence, its energy. It puts me in mind of Cy Twombly’s work, in the sense that both artists use a seemingly simple approach to mark-making to arrive at something deeply complex. So, art is a constant conversation, an echo of ideas that resonate through time.