Artist 1970

This drawing by Saul Steinberg is so wild! Look at the image. Here's this painter figure with its palette, standing on a hill amongst utter mayhem – a cat, a dog, a flying fish, and some kind of robot human figure – all rendered with colored pencil on paper. Steinberg's got such a quirky sense of humor and an eye for the absurd, it feels like a party in his head. I can imagine him sketching away, letting his imagination run wild, layering one weird idea on top of another. It's like he's saying, "Hey, anything can happen in art!" You know? This piece is really evocative of other cartoons, full of irony and surprise. And there’s also the element of the surreal, which brings it closer to the history of art, especially Surrealist art. Ultimately, there is something so generous about his works; Steinberg is sharing his vision of art with others.