Strand te Malmö Zweden 1961

Dirkje Kuik made this etching called 'Strand te Malmö Zweden', or 'Beach at Malmo Sweden', sometime in the mid-20th century. Just look at how Kuik captures the landscape with these angular, expressive lines. I imagine her, maybe outside, squinting in the sun, quickly sketching to capture the scene. She really understood how to create depth, how to make it seem like the eye can travel through space. I like the way she lets the etching lines describe a kind of energy, like the scene is in constant motion. I wonder if this print influenced later artists, maybe even someone like Diebenkorn, with his own interpretations of landscape and place. Art’s always a conversation, right? One artist building on another. Ultimately, this piece is not just a picture of a beach, but an expression of the artist's inner landscape, an embodiment of seeing.