Marriage Marike and Anton 1974

This drawing, Marriage Marike and Anton, is by Anton Heyboer. It's rendered in delicate marks and scratchy notations. The color palette seems to be built around a range of grays and browns. I can almost imagine Heyboer making this, starting with one little line and letting the drawing slowly emerge, layer upon layer. There's an energy to it, a feeling of something being discovered in the act of creation. It looks as if the artist made a type of map or instruction on love. The marks could communicate a feeling, an intention, or a meaning. I think of other artists, like Cy Twombly, who also used writing and drawing in a similar vein, and who created their own languages to make art. These artists are in a conversation, you know, and they are exchanging ideas through time. Painting is like embodied expression. It’s embracing ambiguity and uncertainty, allowing for multiple interpretations. It feels like you can see a whole world in it.