Bord De Mer 1906

Willy Schlobach made this painting of a coast, likely in oil paint, and it's all about how marks can build a world. Look at the surface – the way the colours shimmer, not quite mixed, but sitting next to each other, creating a vibrating energy. The way the blues and purples pull forward and back. See the little dashes of yellow and green on the rocks? It's like Schlobach is saying, "Here's how I see it, but you see it too, differently." It’s the kind of painting that whispers about the joy of just putting paint on a surface, of letting the process be visible. It reminds me of Camille Pissarro, another painter who wasn’t afraid to let the brushstrokes do the talking. Art is a conversation, isn’t it? Always echoing, always changing. It invites us to see, to feel, and to keep the dialogue going.