Camino Real (IV) 2010

Cy Twombly made this painting called Camino Real, and you can see the way he really let the paint drip and slide. I love how Twombly uses color; the red and orange kind of dance on top of that ground. It's all about the gesture, right? Look at those big, looping marks—you can almost feel his arm moving. It's not just about what they represent, but more about the physical act of making them. The paint itself has got this juicy, wet quality, like it’s still moving, even though it's dry. Those drips feel like a record of time, capturing a fleeting moment. I’m reminded of Joan Mitchell, who was also interested in gesture and abstraction. Both artists create these open-ended fields of possibility, refusing to nail down a single meaning. That’s what keeps us coming back, right? The sense that art is always in process.