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 brush in gray ink. It's a process, you know, figuring out how to make something look right. The horse is not a horse but a diagram of a horse, and it reminds me of medieval tapestries. Look how the gray ink pools in places, creating these darker, almost shadowy areas, while other parts are just barely there, like a whisper. It's all about the push and pull, the give and take between control and letting go. The way he's rendered the horse's body with these bold, almost cartoonish lines, especially that 'G' shape, it's like he's not trying to trick us into thinking it's real, but rather inviting us to play along with his idea of a horse. It has this awkward charm, almost like a child's drawing but with this underlying sophistication. You can see traces of Aubrey Beardsley in the use of line and subject. It's a good reminder that art is a conversation.