Ontwerp voor raam in het Noordertransept in de Dom te Utrecht c. 1934

Richard Nicolaüs Roland Holst designed this window for the North transept in the Utrecht Cathedral using chalk, pencil, and charcoal. Imagine Holst standing before his easel, armed with pencils and chalk, mapping out this design, shifting forms bit by bit, until it locks into place. The black lines feel so decisive and bold, don't they? They remind me of stained glass, of course, but they also remind me of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's woodcuts. I wonder if Holst felt that same tension between line and color, between structure and expression, that I feel when I'm in the studio. I bet he did. It’s like a conversation among artists that spans time, exchanging ideas, riffing off one another's moves, finding new ways to see and feel. And that's what keeps art alive, this constant dialogue, this openness to the unknown.