Ontwerp voor een tegeltableau met twee kamelen 1874 - 1945

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet made this design for a tile panel with watercolor and pencil on paper. You can see the grid, how he was working it out, step by step. It makes me think about how we build pictures, like a puzzle or a game. I am really drawn to the graphic shapes and how they balance each other. The black areas, opaque and weighty, push against the white camels, making them glow. I love the little touches of red, like tiny jolts of energy. Look at the camels' feet – just the smallest dab of color, but it anchors the whole composition. This reminds me a little of Sonia Delaunay’s textile designs, that same play with pattern and form, but with a touch of folk art thrown in. Both artists show us that art is all about seeing what happens when colors and shapes start talking to each other. And maybe, a reminder that nothing is ever really finished, it’s just a moment in an ongoing conversation.