Knots Colour 1965

M.C. Escher made "Knots Colour" using a painstaking method, maybe wood engraving or lithography. I can imagine him, hunched over, carefully plotting out these impossible, intertwining shapes. There's something almost obsessive about the level of detail, the way the lines create the illusion of three-dimensionality on a flat surface. It’s not so much about color; rather, it's about structure. The way Escher renders these forms, it feels almost architectural, like he's building these knots out of some kind of infinitely repeating material. It reminds me of Sol LeWitt’s structures or even some of the early computer art, where artists were exploring the boundaries of what could be visualized. But Escher did it all by hand, which adds another layer of awe for me. And in a way, all painting shares some interest in the interplay of reality and illusion.