Landscape 1911

Joan Brull made this landscape using a series of feathery strokes to conjure a tranquil scene. Look at the way Brull laid down the paint! The artist's process feels like a dance between observation and memory. I see the way the trees reach up, their branches like fingers pointing to the heavens. Imagine Brull, standing there, squinting into the sun, trying to capture that particular shade of light filtering through the leaves. I think he was trying to catch a fleeting moment, something that feels both real and dreamlike at the same time. There's a softness to the edges, a blurring of the lines that makes me think of Corot, but with a slightly more modern sensibility. And that pale pink sky! It feels like a whisper of color, barely there, but essential to the overall mood. Brull may have looked at earlier paintings, taking cues and making them his own. It’s a painting style that resonates with emotion.