Composition IV 1916

Patrick Henry Bruce made this painting titled 'Composition IV' with oil on canvas. Look at those marks! The painting feels like a puzzle, where all sorts of shapes and colors collide and coexist. I can imagine Bruce, standing there, brush in hand, thinking about how to piece everything together. It looks like he was pushing and pulling the paint around, a bit like making a stew, adding some spice here, some salt there. See how the colors sit next to each other—reds bumping into blues, greens cozying up with yellows? There's a real joy in that collision, a kind of visual energy that makes me wanna dance. And those dark, shadowy bits in the background, they give everything a sense of depth, like looking into a deep, dark cave. Painters are always chatting with each other, across time and space, isn't it great!