Limfjordslandskab (nær Løgstør?) 1864 - 1941

Niels Larsen Stevns created this pencil drawing, Limfjordslandskab (nær Løgstør?), in Denmark, but we don't know exactly when. Look at these very light pencil lines, barely there. They suggest the artist, Niels, was out in the landscape, maybe near Løgstør, thinking about what to bring back to the studio. What do you hold onto, and what do you leave behind? Maybe he was trying to capture the essence of the Limfjord, that Danish sound, thinking about the light, the atmosphere, and the feel of the place. There are a few vertical lines, and some squiggles – shorthand for trees and water? Are these notations? Reminders? I feel for him, trying to put it all down, knowing he can’t, but needing to try. It's like a painter's diary entry. So light, and provisional. All art is one big conversation, across time.