Vrouw etend van vrucht 1970

This is Rein Dool’s ‘Vrouw etend van vrucht’, which I guess translates to ‘Woman eating fruit’, made sometime in the 20th century, created with pen and ink. It makes me think about how drawing or painting is almost a form of eating too: you take something in, digest it, and transform it into something new on the page. The black ink feels dense, like a shadow engulfing the figure, while the delicate lines sketching the woman's face show the action. I wonder what Dool was thinking when he made this? Was he thinking about other artists like Munch who used the same stark contrast between light and dark to amplify the feeling of the picture?