Polderlandschap met een groep bomen aan een sloot 1912 - 1940

Dick Ket’s Polder Landscape with a group of trees on a ditch is a pencil drawing that feels like a memory fading into the paper. There's a whisper of a landscape here; a few trees, a suggestion of a ditch, all rendered in delicate, almost tentative lines. It's as if Ket is feeling his way through the scene, capturing the essence of a place rather than its exact appearance. The marks are gentle, with a kind of tenderness that makes you want to lean in closer. Look closely at the way the trees are rendered. They’re not solid forms, but rather a collection of lines that suggest volume and texture. There’s a beautiful ambiguity here, a sense of things being in flux. The surface is understated and soft, which invites a more profound, more sustained viewing experience. Ket’s work makes me think of Morandi. Both artists had a knack for finding the extraordinary in the ordinary, and for reminding us of the beauty of simple, everyday things. Art's not always about answers, sometimes it's about embracing the questions.