Zeilboten op een werfhelling 1906 - 1945

Reijer Stolk made this drawing of sailboats on a slipway. I love how he captured a whole scene with just a few lines! Each mark feels so intentional, like he's stripping away everything unnecessary to get to the essence of the subject. You can almost feel him deciding what to include and what to leave out. The lines are kind of tentative, but that gives it a real sense of energy and movement. Like he’s just caught a fleeting moment and put it down on paper. I think of Cy Twombly and his loose, gestural line. There’s a similar sense of immediacy and a feeling of things being on the verge of falling apart. It's like Stolk is saying, "Here's a world, but it's all just hanging by a thread." That open quality, that willingness to embrace uncertainty, is what makes art so exciting.