Handwerkende Joanna Lion Cachet-Cordes c. 1935 - 1940

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet drew Handwerkende Joanna Lion Cachet-Cordes with pen on paper at an unknown date. It’s all about the process here. You can see the artist working things out, changing direction on the fly. The textures are built up from these crazy, energetic marks, hatching and cross-hatching all over the place. Look at how the lines define the face, so densely packed in some areas, almost disappearing in others. I love the scribbly energy around the hat or hair, like a wild halo. It makes you wonder, what was Cachet thinking, what was he feeling as he made each line? It's reminiscent of Van Gogh's drawings – that restless, searching quality. Art’s not about getting it "right," it's more like an ongoing conversation, a back-and-forth between what you see and how you feel.