Ontwerp voor een bord met een Canadese mountie 1874 - 1945

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet made this design for a plate with a Canadian Mountie using ink and paper. Look at the way Cachet has used washes of grey. See how the ink bleeds and pools, creating subtle variations in tone and texture. You can almost feel the artist experimenting, letting the ink flow and settle, discovering the image as it emerges. The mountie and horse almost feel as if they are emerging from the mist. I wonder what Cachet was thinking about while he made this? What inspired him to make a design for a plate featuring a Canadian Mountie? It's fascinating how artists pick up on different motifs and how images travel and morph across time and place. This plate is a reminder that artmaking is an act of translation. It’s about taking something we see or imagine, and turning it into something new. Artists are constantly in dialogue with each other, building on ideas and pushing the boundaries of what's possible.