Twee figuren bij de Eenhoornsluis te Amsterdam 1912 - 1919

This George Hendrik Breitner drawing at the Rijksmuseum is made with thin lines of graphite on paper. I’m immediately drawn to the overall sketchiness that reminds me of Cy Twombly’s drawings. You can almost see Breitner standing there, rapidly capturing the scene before him. It's intriguing to imagine what he was thinking as he worked—maybe he wanted to quickly capture the essence of the moment, the atmosphere of Amsterdam. There's something so immediate and alive about the marks he made. I imagine him moving his hand, finding a shorthand for what he sees. That kind of mark-making really speaks to me because I think about drawing and painting as a way of thinking through things. Artists are always having this ongoing conversation with each other, working across time, inspiring one another, you know? It becomes this rich, amazing dialogue.