In the spring in the park, near the children's pendulum (early plein air work) 1992

Alfred Freddy Krupa made this watercolour, probably outside, maybe in the nineties. The painting is super light, airy, it feels like a quick impression. It has all these blue outlines, like stained glass, and it's not trying to be photographic. There is so much space between the marks, which gives the painting a sense of freedom and openness, and the light shining through the trees. I can imagine him painting it fast, trying to catch the light before it changes, trying to catch a moment, so the whole thing feels like a memory. And look, he is doing his own thing, but he's also talking to Cézanne, who was also trying to catch a moment, and Monet with his waterlilies. I imagine him thinking about them as he painted this, maybe wanting to be part of that conversation, too. That's what painting is: a conversation across time and space, an exchange of ideas.