Letter "K" Possibly 1953

Harry van Kruiningen drew this "Letter K" with ink on paper, and right away you can see how the marks aren't just lines, they're alive. It's all about the hand, you know? The ink is laid down in these dense clusters, almost like the frantic energy of a scribble, but then it resolves into something so elegant. Look at the way the figure emerges – part human, part tree, and entirely its own creature. The texture is so important here, you can almost feel the scratch of the pen on the page, the grain of the paper itself. There's this one spot where the figure's head merges with a burst of hair, or maybe it's sunlight, and it just vibrates with potential. Van Kruiningen reminds me a bit of Alfred Kubin, that similar blend of dream and nightmare, rendered with such delicate intensity. It's like he's inviting us to see the world not just as it is, but as it could be, full of strange beauty and unsettling possibilities.