Mural 1930

Arman Manookian made this mural with paint, but when, and where, I don't know! There's a light touch, and a dreamy quality to the shapes and colors. Look at the ground and the hills. It's like someone mixed all the colors in one bucket. It's not muddy, but it's mixed up. It makes me think about how we see a place differently than someone who lives there. What do you focus on? I wonder if Manookian lived here, or was just visiting? The banana flower is so bright, but all the other colors are pastel. This is a flat world, a little like a stage set. Like Gauguin, maybe? But more mellow. Maybe Manookian looked at both of them, and tried to find a place in the middle. What do you think?