Naakte vrouw met spiegel en weegschaal 1915

Bernard Willem Wierink made this little painting, "Naked woman with mirror and scales," using brown paint with blue accents. Imagine the act of making it: the artist deciding to give the figure a mirror in one hand and scales in the other. What was Wierink thinking about when he made it? The figure, emerging through trial, error, and intuition? I sympathize with artists! They are always in an ongoing conversation and exchange of ideas across time, inspiring one another’s creativity. And in this one, the brown paint is thin with a graphic look and the blue gestures are a bit like party decorations. The painting reminds me of a tarot card somehow... Painting is a form of expression that embraces uncertainty, allowing for multiple interpretations.