Poachers 1940 - 1944

Arnold Peter Weisz-Kubínčan made "Poachers" with oil on canvas, and it feels like I'm stumbling upon a secret. There's this earthy palette of greens, reds, and browns, all blended together. I imagine Arnold dabbing the paint, building up the image through layers of intuition. The figures are like ghosts in the forest, appearing and disappearing as the brushstrokes dance across the canvas. I wonder if he was thinking about the hidden lives of those who live off the land, the tension between man and nature? The texture is thick, almost like he’s sculpting with paint. It makes me think of someone like Soutine. That red slash of color—is it a rifle? It cuts through the painting, full of tension. Artists are always in conversation, riffing off each other. It’s all about taking risks and embracing the messy, beautiful process of painting. We're not just looking at a picture but experiencing a world of feeling, a world of thought.