Interieur van een salon van het schip 'Grotius' c. 1906

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet made this drawing of the interior of the 'Grotius' ship’s salon with graphite on paper. The sketch, with its bare lines, reminds me of the initial stages of artmaking, that exciting phase of experimentation and discovery. See the way Cachet uses these lines, almost as if he's feeling out the space, mapping out the interior's geometry with a delicate touch? I love how these lines aren’t afraid to be tentative. There's a real sense of transparency here, both literally in the way you can see through the lines and metaphorically, in the openness of the artist's process. It is like he is thinking aloud. For me, it evokes the spirit of artists like Cy Twombly, who embrace the beauty of imperfection. It shows artmaking as an ongoing, evolving dialogue.