Motief met meander en gestileerde bloemen c. 1890 - 1922

This drawing, "Motief met meander en gestileerde bloemen", was made by Johanna van de Kamer. It seems like she was really into exploring how simple lines could create something visually interesting. The marks are careful, precise, almost like she’s setting out a puzzle. I'm drawn to the way she balances the floral motifs with the geometric patterns. Each element feels so deliberate, so considered. It's like she’s building a little world on the page, one line at a time. It reminds me a little of Hilma af Klint's more diagrammatic works, in the way she mixes organic and abstract forms. There’s a sense of searching for an underlying order, a hidden structure. Looking at this, I’m reminded that art is just as much about the process as it is about the final result. It’s about the questions we ask ourselves along the way, and the conversations we have with the materials.