Port of Dieppe 1903

Gustave Loiseau captured the Port of Dieppe with oil on canvas, creating a hazy waterscape. What grabs me is the pointillist application of paint, a process, a labour of love, making form from tiny dabs of colour. Up close, the surface is a mosaic of brushstrokes: greens, grays, yellows, each a small decision building towards the whole. The paint isn't trying to hide itself; it's right there, thick in some spots, thin in others. I can almost feel the rhythm of Loiseau’s hand, the way he loaded the brush and touched it to the canvas, again and again. Look at the way the green strokes build the surface of the water, tiny jabs, creating a shimmering surface, mirroring the light, reflecting an essence. It's like he’s letting us in on the secret of how a world comes into being, one stroke at a time. This piece reminds me of the work of Camille Pissarro, another artist who embraced the beauty of everyday life through a similar lens, proving that art is just artists having conversations across time. We never really know what they’re saying, which is how it should be.