Project for a mural 1952

Fernand Léger made this mural project with paint, somewhere, sometime. I imagine him, totally absorbed, wrestling with these simplified shapes. There's this dance between the flat, hard edges and the way the colors vibrate against each other—red, green, yellow, and that kind of chill, gray background. It’s like he’s trying to build a world out of basic forms, you know? I'm thinking about how Léger strips everything down to its essence. It reminds me a little of my own process. Like, how can I take something complex and make it readable, make it pop? That red curve, bumping into the green form, is so satisfying. It’s a conversation across time, where artists like Léger give us permission to see the world in new, unexpected ways. Painting is a way of thinking that opens up all sorts of possibilities, not just for the artist, but for anyone who looks.