The sculptor 1931

Pablo Picasso made 'The Sculptor' with oil on canvas sometime during his lifetime. This painting is such a trip, right? The colours feel so playful, with those blues, yellows and reds. And those sharp lines cutting up the space. It’s like Picasso’s brain at work, all angles and facets. I can imagine him pacing around his studio, looking at sculptures, thinking about form. The way the sculpture and the painter are both present in the image and how they are set off against each other, it is like he is weighing them up. You can almost feel the tension, the push and pull of ideas. What did he want to show here? The artist, caught up in the interplay between line, shape, and volume. Picasso's work inspires me to embrace the messy, uncertain process of creation. He reminds me that art is not about perfection but about exploration. He's always in conversation with the masters who came before him and pushing back.