Forest 1918

Konstantin Alexeevich Korovin painted this Forest with oils on canvas. Look at these broad strokes of color, the greens, the oranges! You can almost feel Korovin building up the image, one brushstroke at a time. What was he thinking as he stood before his canvas? Was he trying to capture the fleeting light filtering through the trees? Or was he simply reveling in the act of painting itself? There’s a certain physicality to the way Korovin applied the paint, thick in some areas, thin in others. The texture alone gives depth to the painting, inviting us to reach out and touch it. The orange strokes seem to vibrate against the cool blues and greens. It’s as if Korovin is inviting us to experience the forest not just as a visual scene, but as a sensory experience. It's all one big conversation between artists through time, inspiring each other to keep making and keep seeing. And maybe that’s what painting is all about—embracing the unknown, the messy, and the ambiguous.