Quilt II 1965

Alexander Calder made this geometric watercolor called *Quilt II* with ink on paper. Look at how he’s got these shapes—circles, triangles, squares—dancing on a grid made of thin, runny lines. Imagine him making this! Maybe he’s thinking about balance, about how the eye moves around the composition. It's like he's doodling, but with intention. There's a casualness, but also a deep understanding of form and color. I see this orange circle that’s bleeding at the edges, and how it relates to the sharp edges of the black shapes. It reminds me how much painting is about touch, even in something that looks so simple. Calder was always playing with space and movement, and I bet he's having a conversation with people like Mondrian, about geometry and energy. It makes me think about how everything influences everything else, and we’re all bouncing ideas around like Calder’s mobiles floating in the air.