Sectiune 1972

Gil Nicolescu made this warm painting, Sectiune, using oil paint, but we don’t know exactly when. There’s something so meditative about these lines and shapes in shades of red, orange, and yellow. I imagine Nicolescu carefully layering each stripe, building up this visual rhythm. It's almost like he's sectioning off space and time itself. I can feel the quiet focus, the subtle shifts in tone as he works. Did he step back often to consider what he was doing? The way the geometric forms meet the soft, cloud-like shapes reminds me that painting is a constant negotiation between control and chance. It’s a conversation artists have been having for centuries. We make something, and then that thing tells us something about ourselves and what we're capable of. Painting is an exchange of ideas across time, inspiring creativity. We aren't just making marks on a surface, but working with our history, our feelings, and our minds.