Abstract Swirl 1970

Sonia Delaunay's 'Abstract Swirl,' roughly 50 by 65 cm, is a symphony of colour, painted, perhaps, with gouache or silkscreen. I can imagine the artist's hand guiding the brush, almost like she’s conducting an orchestra. The colours pulse – red, green, blue, black – and carve out a geometry full of life. It’s as if Delaunay wanted to capture movement and rhythm on a flat surface. Her work makes me think about circles within circles, cycles, and a sort of cosmic dance. I wonder if she was listening to music while making this – maybe jazz, or some kind of avant-garde sound. I feel the echoes of Delaunay's deep conversation with color and form, a dialogue shared by so many of us painters across time.