Toni met sigaar zittend 1977

Rein Dool made this drawing, Toni met sigaar zittend, in 1977. It's got this calm, quiet vibe, right? Toni's lounging back, a cigarillo between his fingers. I wonder what Rein Dool was thinking as he drew each line, each shadow. Did he start with the chair, this solid black mass, then build Toni on top? Or did he begin with the smoke curling up, finding the man beneath? I see Dool carefully considered the relationship between the body, the object and the space it occupies. There's something about the way the lines define the figure and the interior, this tension, that recalls the paintings of David Hockney. It's like they're having a conversation across time, these artists, each figuring out how to capture a mood, a moment, a person. That shared space of inquiry, it's what keeps us all going, isn't it?