Picture with a black arch 1912

Wassily Kandinsky made *Picture with a Black Arch* using oil paint. The canvas is dominated by gestural marks and a vibrant color palette of yellows, reds, greens, and browns. I can almost feel the act of painting itself. It's a process of shifting, emerging, and evolving through trial, error, and intuition, right? I wonder what it must have been like for Kandinsky, what he might have been thinking when he made it. You can see how the texture, the color, and the surface shape your experience of the painting. Just look at the black arch—it’s kind of defiant against these vibrant colors. You can feel the energy. Kandinsky and other painters are in an ongoing conversation, inspiring each other across time. Painting is an embodied expression, embracing ambiguity, and allowing for multiple interpretations. We can bring our own experiences and understanding to it.