Onschuuld Waanzin 1974

This is a painting by Anton Heyboer, called "Onschuuld Waanzin," and he’s working here with what looks like a very limited palette, lots of white, and some dark linework. You get the feeling that the process is really where it's at for him. The material quality is striking; the white paint is thick and covers most of the board with gestural marks made with a palette knife or big brushstrokes to create texture. Scratched into this are linear figures, floating and fragmented. Look at how the top figure lays horizontally across the top; its like a ghostly memory of a human form. A series of lines and circles float above it, as if disconnected from gravity. Heyboer makes me think a little bit of Cy Twombly, in the way that he combines drawing and painting, and how both artists are concerned with the nature of the mark. Ultimately, it's up to you what you think is going on here!