Revolutionary Flag c. 1936

This is Edward Grant’s ‘Revolutionary Flag,’ made with watercolor. It’s a painting of a green flag with red and white stripes in the corner. I can imagine Grant hunched over his work, carefully mixing his greens and reds. The paint looks thin, almost watery, which gives it this ethereal quality. It's very different from the thick, luscious oil paint of someone like Guston, but it has its own charm. The way he’s painted the stripes, so slightly irregular, makes me feel like I’m looking at something deeply personal, like a diary entry. I wonder what he was thinking as he made this. Was he reflecting on the past, or imagining a different future? The green feels unexpected. It invites so many possible readings. The revolutionary flag shares an artistic dialogue with other artists interested in abstraction and symbolism. Ultimately, this little painting reminds me that art is never truly finished—it's an ongoing conversation, open to interpretation, and always evolving.