Leeuwen Possibly 1915

This print of lions was made by Bernard Willem Wierink. Look at those lions, lounging around, all in this pale tan color. It's like they're made of sand, or maybe old parchment. I wonder what Wierink was thinking about when he made this. Did he see them at the zoo? Or did he just imagine these big cats in his head? The lion on top looks all proud and strong, but the other one seems tired. You know, when I make paintings, sometimes things come out that I didn't plan at all. Like a happy accident. Maybe Wierink was just trying to see what happened when he scratched these lines into the metal. It's funny how you can make something real out of just lines and shades. Makes you think about what's real anyway, you know? Like artists are always talking to each other, even if they never meet. They copy each other, steal from each other, learn from each other.