Weg 1890 - 1946

This is Weg, a pencil drawing by Cornelis Vreedenburgh. You can see the artist at work, thinking, processing, deciding, right on the page. The marks are minimal, just a few lines really, but they conjure a whole world, a sense of place. Look how the lines are tentative, searching, almost like he’s feeling his way through the landscape. I love that little building, or whatever it is, perched there like a thought bubble. And the way the lines trail off, suggesting more than they show. It’s like a map of the artist's mind, a record of his looking. It reminds me of Agnes Martin, in the way that such little gestures can contain so much feeling. It's not about perfection; it's about the process, the journey, the ongoing conversation between the artist and the world. And, of course, between us and the art.