Theater-Mountain-Construction 1920

Paul Klee's "Theater-Mountain-Construction" is a watercolour, full of delicate lines and semi-transparent planes of colour. Imagine Klee, shuffling around in his studio, layering these colours one on top of another. There's pink, yellow, green, and orange, all contained by this web of delicate linear scaffolding. It's like he is building something up from nothing, one small brushstroke at a time. It’s as if he's creating a world, a stage set, or maybe just a really cool abstract mountain range. I think of other painters here: maybe Sonia Delaunay and her colourful geometry, or even some of those early Cubists trying to break down form. They are all in conversation, all trying to figure out how to make sense of the world through paint. This kind of painting isn't about perfect representation; it’s more about feeling, thinking, and seeing. It’s about the artist and us, embracing ambiguity and uncertainty, which allows us to interpret the work in many ways.