Das Skt. Adolf=Diamantt=Riesen=Hohrn, am Flohzohrn, in Indien und, der Hahr=Kamm 1917

This drawing by Adolf Wölfli is full of coloured pencils and graphite, laid down with obsessive and compulsive zeal. I love to imagine what it was like for Wölfli to make this. I can see him drawing obsessively, losing himself in the lines and forms, pushing the coloured pencils as far as they could go. This work is raw and unfiltered. It is like peering directly into the artist's mind. The surface of the work is built up with layers of marks, creating a dense and vibrant tapestry of imagery. Look at how the image extends to the edge of the page; the whole thing feels like it is about to burst! Wölfli really takes the viewer somewhere else. The colour palette is somewhat muted, heightening its dreamlike quality. The marks are not quite representational but somehow symbolic, like they are reaching for meaning just out of grasp. What I see in Wölfli's art is something utterly singular, an artist pushing the boundaries of what art can be, driven by an inner vision that is both fascinating and disturbing.