Landschap Limburg - Vaals 2000

Karel Wetselaar made this lithograph, Landschap Limburg - Vaals, with ink on paper. I think it's a humble one, right? You know, when you look at the image, I bet it came into being slowly, shifting and emerging through trial, error, and a kind of quiet intuition. I feel for Wetselaar here, imagining him outside, maybe in the cold, carefully observing and trying to capture this landscape. It's like he's saying, "Hey, look at this place, look at these trees." The black ink is thin, and carefully applied. Check out the trunks of the trees; the way he scratched them with his pen communicates a real feeling. It's interesting, because although this looks quite different from other landscapes, it puts me in mind of them. The artist is in conversation with others across time, inspiring one another's creativity. It is a quiet kind of expression, but still, a form of embodied expression embracing ambiguity and uncertainty, allowing for multiple interpretations.