Bouquet of flowers in chocolate 1902

Henri Matisse made "Bouquet of Flowers in Chocolate" with oil on canvas. You know, the way he builds this image is so matter-of-fact, and kinda like, BAM! It's about the surface, you know? Look how he's slapping on the paint, especially that thick impasto. The blue in the background is almost scrubbed onto the canvas, and it makes you think about how paintings aren’t windows but actual objects. There's this dark, chunky stroke that defines the vase and it’s like, whoa, that wasn't timid! Matisse is almost like a blueprint for later painters like Fairfield Porter who mixed up the domestic and the radical. So let's embrace this painting, not as a perfect picture, but as a bold, beautiful, and yes, maybe even a little bit awkward, experiment.