Untitled 1948

Mark Rothko made this untitled painting with oil on canvas, and it’s a trip! Check out how he’s built up these dreamy colour fields - coral, red, yellow, and hits of blue. He’s not trying to create a ‘thing’ as much as a feeling, right? I love how the paint is thin in some spots, almost like a watercolour, and then thicker in others, giving the canvas this incredible texture. Look at the way the coral background seems to glow from underneath, pushing those colour blocks forward. Then there’s that dark blue blob in the centre - a total mood setter, isn't it? It grounds the whole thing while also feeling like a portal into something deeper. Rothko’s work always reminds me of Clyfford Still. Both of them were chasing something beyond the surface, pushing paint to its limit to express the inexpressible. It’s like they’re saying, 'Forget what you know, just feel it!'