Jug 1935 - 1942

Charles Caseau made this watercolor Jug, with its soft blue palette and delicate strokes, sometime between 1880 and 1995. I can almost see Charles at his desk, carefully building up washes of color to capture the jug's simple beauty and the way the light hits it. What I love about painting, and what Caseau shows us here, is how the artist's hand translates the world. Look at the texture he creates, the way the blue floral design pops against the off-white of the jug. I wonder if Caseau was thinking about folk art traditions, the kind of everyday beauty that surrounds us. It’s like he's saying, "Here's a jug. It's simple, but isn't it lovely?" Painting is a constant conversation, artists building on what came before, inspiring what comes next. Caseau's Jug is part of that ongoing exchange, a reminder to appreciate the ordinary, and to find joy in the act of seeing.