Landscape in Giverny 

Here, you are viewing Samuel Mutzner's 'Landscape in Giverny', a painting which offers a shimmering vision of the French countryside. The composition is divided into distinct horizontal layers, drawing our eyes from the foreground's warm yellows to the cooler greens and blues in the distance. The painting employs a mosaic of small, distinct brushstrokes of pure colour, a technique related to pointillism. But rather than creating optical blending, Mutzner uses these dabs to build texture and a sense of vibrant energy. This treatment causes forms to dissolve into a field of chromatic vibrations. The trees, fields, and sky are not depicted as solid objects but rather as shimmering entities, which are built up through a multitude of light reflections. The image destabilizes traditional landscape painting, challenging our understanding of space and form. Mutzner invites us to consider how colour and light can construct our perception, transforming the familiar landscape into a field of pure sensation.