Jaarbalans in België 1914 - 1918

Patricq Kroon made "Jaarbalans in België" using ink and watercolor, and it’s a wild ride of lines and pale blues. I'm looking at the way that the figure is pointing to the writing in the book and I’m thinking about how this came together for Kroon, the struggle of getting it just right, the doubts, and the second guesses. It’s a process of layering—the ink first and then the watercolor. The thin wash of color, the figure looking and pointing, but what is it that he is pointing at exactly? "Jaarbalans in België"—Annual balance in Belgium, the title says. What are the events that it may refer to? Kroon is in conversation with other painters and visual storytellers, all digging for ways to make marks that speak, that connect, that provoke and perhaps to critique and create a document. He reminds us that painting isn't just about what we see; it's about how we see, and how we can reimagine the world through the act of making.