Clown temt een paard 1891 - 1941

This image shows a clown tempting a horse, it was made by Leo Gestel. The artwork is all lines! Black lines, that's all, making up the horse and the clown. Imagine Leo standing there, pen in hand, carefully choosing each line. There's a real sense of character. The clown looks like he's up to no good and the horse is suspicious. The outlines are bold and confident, but there is a playfulness, too. It reminds me of the drawings of Picasso, the way that simple lines can create form and volume and humor. And, like all good painting, it suggests more than it shows. It invites us to fill in the gaps with our own imagination and maybe even our own fears. Art making is a conversation between artists across time, inspiring each other’s creativity. It embraces ambiguity and uncertainty, inviting multiple interpretations.