L’idylle en bleu 1979

Marc Chagall made this painting, L’idylle en bleu, with oil paint on canvas, and the blues! It’s a whole world of blues, right? It's like diving into a dream. Look at how the paint is applied. See the variety of brushstrokes? Thick in some places, thin in others, creating this almost pulsating surface. The flowers are like explosions of color, not quite real, but bursting with feeling. And below, those figures, are they embracing? Chagall doesn't tell us exactly, it's more like he hints. There's a little red moon over to the left that is so beautiful, it looks like a burst of love. It reminds me a bit of Matisse, that same joy in color, but Chagall is definitely his own man. It's like he's telling us, art is a playground, a place to mix it all up, to feel, to dream, to be.