Lammet 1933 - 1934

Niels Larsen Stevns made this sketch called ‘Lammet’ with pencil in hand, probably in his studio in Denmark. Imagine Stevns hunched over the page, squinting. I wonder if his hand got tired, making all these furious scribbles. The lines are so faint, and the composition so open, that your eyes can't help but wander. I find myself inventing stories, trying to find the source of this weird energy. I love the way he uses the lines on the paper to create the composition. For me, a pencil drawing is like the artist thinking out loud. And sometimes, the most exciting stuff happens when an artist like Stevns let’s their mind meander. It reminds me of Cy Twombly's drawings, all messy and free, or maybe some of the outsider artists who just go for it, you know? We can all learn something from Niels Larsen Stevns here, right? Just pick up a pencil, let your mind wander, and see what happens.