Kale dennenstammen op glooiend terrein 1887 - 1936

Maria Johanna Goemans made this landscape drawing with graphite on paper; it shows some bare tree trunks on a sloping field. I like the way she has captured the starkness of winter, and how she reduced everything to lines. Imagine Goemans standing in the cold, making small marks and erasures to find the right rhythm for the trunks and ground. There’s a kind of methodical care in how the shadows form. I can almost feel the paper between her fingers. The surface is smooth, and the marks are light, yet the drawing has depth. It reminds me of Agnes Martin's grids, not in style, but in the way that simple gestures can create a complex emotional landscape. Like, what is she feeling as she looks at these bare trees? Is she lonely, hopeful? Is it about nature, or more about her relationship to the world? Ultimately, Maria Johanna Goemans invites us into a quiet, reflective space, where the act of looking becomes an act of feeling. And that’s the conversation that artists have across time—inspiring each other to see and feel more deeply.