Isabel in de arrenslee Possibly 1934

The Wachenheimer family made this photograph, "Isabel in de arrenslee," to capture a moment in time. There's this really great black horse pulling a sled through the snow. It's a beautiful, crisp day, you can tell from how the light hits the snow. I'm thinking about the family taking the photo. They all must have been smiling to see the horse so animated. What's it like to be the photographer in that situation? I think about how this photograph shows us an older way of life. The grainy image, the edges of the photograph. It shows that all art is about capturing the light and shadow in the right way. And all the best art makes you feel like you’re right there with the artist! Like all art, it's an experiment in how we record the world around us, just like my own paintings are experiments too.