Landschap met een boot aan een waterkant 1890 - 1946

Cornelis Vreedenburgh made this landscape with a boat at a waterfront with a pencil; you can see the graphite on the page. There's something about the texture of this piece – the almost scribbled quality of the trees and clouds – that makes you feel the movement of the artist's hand. The water is represented by horizontal lines, some fainter than others, evoking the ebb and flow. It's a simple scene, yes, but it captures the essence of a fleeting moment. I keep coming back to the clouds. They're not just fluffy masses; they're built up of many marks, a kind of cross-hatching that gives them volume and depth. It reminds me that artmaking is a process of layering, of building up something from nothing, of trusting the process. This piece reminds me of a Cy Twombly sketch; although very different in their subject matter, both share a certain immediacy, a sense of capturing a thought or feeling on paper with minimal fuss.