A Dew Drop Falling from a Bird's Wing Wakes Rosalie, who Has Been Asleep in the Shadow of a Spider's Web 1939

Joan Miró made this painting using oil on canvas and with a really long title: A Dew Drop Falling from a Bird's Wing Wakes Rosalie, who Has Been Asleep in the Shadow of a Spider's Web. Looking at this painting, I imagine Miró in his studio, surrounded by shapes and objects. The light is soft and he’s got a canvas with these dreamy figures – like a giant eye, watchful birds, and maybe even Rosalie herself hiding somewhere. The background is raw, like burlap, with a wash of honey-gold paint over it. I feel like the black lines were drawn with speed, and confidence, each one defining the limits of the artwork. Other parts look much more tentative like he added blue almost as an afterthought. Like he's in conversation with the canvas, discovering forms as he goes. Miró, like other artists, shows us how paintings are never really finished, they are alive, changing in our perceptions and in the ongoing exchange with other artists. They keep us dreaming!