Meisje leunt tegen een oude vrouw in een interieur 1895 - 1950

Here's a drawing made by Nelly Spoor, showing a girl leaning on an old woman inside a room. Look at how the drawing shifts and emerges through line work. There's a real sense of trial, error, and intuition. I feel sympathy for Spoor here, imagining what it might have been like to create this. What was she thinking? The drawing uses a monochromatic palette to show light, shadow, and volume. The lines themselves—thick and thin—shape the figures and our experience of the work. I'm struck by the intentionality of each stroke. Spoor’s work reminds me of other artists, each contributing to the ongoing discussion in art. We’re all inspired by each other. Painting is a form of embodied expression and embraces ambiguity, allowing for multiple readings, never one definitive answer.