Yellow and green forest 1913

This is Natalia Goncharova’s "Yellow and Green Forest," and it's like she's built this world with shards of color. I can imagine her standing in front of the canvas, thinking about how to translate the experience of being in a forest—not just seeing it, but feeling it, hearing it, breathing it. Look at the way she's built up those greens and yellows, they're like stabs of light, and the browns are like anchors holding the whole thing down. The paint looks like it's been applied in short, sharp strokes, almost like she's trying to capture the energy of the forest itself. Goncharova’s work feels in conversation with artists like the early Cubists, but with a wilder, more emotional edge. It’s like she's saying, "Yeah, I can break things down into shapes, but I can also make them sing with feeling." It reminds me that painting is just one big, ongoing conversation.