Bleu 1960

Natalia Dumitresco has made "Bleu" with what looks like small gestures of oil paint. The surface has been built up with a layering of hues—blues and greys with stark black lines. It feels like a symphony of cool tones with a little bit of an edge. Imagine Dumitresco in her studio, brush in hand, carefully constructing this world of color and form. You can see how each touch of paint is deliberate, contributing to the overall harmony. She’s thinking of the geometry and the way the colors interact, pushing and pulling against each other. I wonder if she ever doubted herself, you know? Did she ever step back and think, "This isn't working"? But she kept going, trusting her intuition, her senses. This piece reminds me a little of the early cubists, and of course, abstract expressionists like de Kooning, who weren’t afraid to make a mess, to experiment, to push the boundaries of what painting could be. We are all in this ongoing conversation through art.