Fleurs 1991

Eugene Leroy made this painting titled 'Fleurs' with what looks like a whole lotta oil paint. I can just imagine how it came into being. Layer upon layer, shifting and emerging through trial, error, and intuition... I sympathize with Leroy! I can almost feel what it might have been like to create this. All that lovely texture, color, and surface, but also the physicality of the medium itself. Look at that red dab! The intention, the meaning... It’s so bold against the muddiness. Leroy really knew how to build up the paint and create a world all of its own. You can sense he’s in conversation with other painters, like Van Gogh or even Courbet, all sharing ideas across time, inspiring one another's creativity. Painting is this embodied expression, right? Embracing ambiguity, it allows for multiple interpretations, and hopefully this has opened your eyes to the possibilities!