Nymph Justice 1935

Zinaida Serebriakova made this painting, Nymph Justice, with watercolor on paper. It feels like it's shifting and emerging through trial, error, and intuition, don’t you think? I sympathize with her - imagine what it might have been like to create this. What might she have been thinking? The paint is thin, and you can see the texture of the paper coming through. All of these elements shape our experience and contribute to the emotional resonance. Look at the way she holds the tablet, there is a real tenderness there. Serebriakova’s painting reminds me of other figurative painting – there's a sense that artists are in an ongoing conversation, inspiring one another’s creativity. Painting is a form of expression which embraces ambiguity, allowing for multiple interpretations.