On the cliff 1950

Kateryna Bilokur made this drawing of a tree in the landscape using pencil sometime during her career. I love the way the marks catch the light on the cliff. I can imagine her sitting there with her sketchbook, translating what she sees into a network of lines. I wonder what it was like for Bilokur to create this vista. Was she thinking about other artists? Probably not! I imagine the landscape was her main muse, as well as the source of her own, unique thinking about line and form. The bare branches reach up like fingers to a sky that is present through the absence of mark – only the pale paper. It’s almost as if she's saying, "Look, here's how I see and feel this world." There is an ongoing exchange of ideas across time, which reminds me of the work of Agnes Martin. What do you think?