Grey Still Life 1948

Adja Yunkers made this painting called "Grey Still Life" with oil on canvas, but the date is unknown. You know, when I look at it, I can almost feel the painting coming into being – shifting, changing through trial, error, and intuition. I feel for Yunkers – I wonder, what was going through their mind? The paint is quite thin, and that lets the colour come through, giving the artwork a certain emotional intensity, like a quiet hum. You see that yellow stroke at the top? It’s as if he wanted to create a little pocket of warmth amidst all the cool greys. Painters are always chatting to each other across time, you know, getting ideas, inspiring each other's creativity. Painting’s not about nailing down one right answer, it’s more about embracing the questions, letting the ambiguity and uncertainty in. It's all up for grabs, honey!