Granada 1912

John Singer Sargent created this dreamy watercolour, Granada, with loose and washy brushstrokes that feel totally intuitive. It's like he’s inviting us into his immediate experience of this vibrant place. I'm really drawn to the way the colours pool and blend together, especially in the foreground foliage. You can see the way the water has carried the pigment, creating these soft edges and unexpected textures. The marks are so free, but they still manage to evoke the density of the landscape. There’s a little patch of orange in the lower left that just pops – it’s like a tiny burst of energy that anchors the whole composition. Thinking about Sargent, it's interesting to compare him with someone like Cezanne, who was also working with landscape but in such a different way. Both artists were pushing the boundaries of representation, but Sargent's approach feels much more fluid and immediate, more about capturing a fleeting moment. It all reminds me that art is really just a conversation, a way of seeing and responding to the world that's always evolving.