Bloeiende boomgaard 1909

Matthieu Wiegman made this drawing of a blossoming orchard with ink on paper. Look at the looping, swirling marks, like cursive gone wild, or maybe vines taking over everything. You can almost feel the scratch of the pen, the way it digs into the paper. The whole thing is a tangle of lines, but there's a real tension between the dark, solid trunks and the light, airy blossoms. It's like the drawing is breathing, expanding and contracting. Notice that one area near the bottom right – it's just a scribble, but it holds the whole image together, anchoring the composition. Wiegman’s obsessive mark making reminds me of some of Guston’s later works. It's like he's trying to capture the fleeting beauty of spring, but also the messy, chaotic energy of nature. It's not about perfection, it's about process.