Floral Macrame 1980

Vudon Baklytsky made this wild, untamed still life with paint, likely sometime before 1992. It is bursting with yellow impasto blobs that coalesce into flowers and the memory of flowers. Imagine Baklytsky, wrestling with the canvas, each stroke a bold declaration. The paint is applied thickly, like frosting, giving the flowers a tactile, almost edible quality. See how the yellows vibrate against the greens and blues, creating a visual buzz? It's like he's captured the very essence of a sunny afternoon in a vase. There's a real sense of urgency here, a need to get the image down before it disappears. Baklytsky’s exuberance reminds me of Van Gogh's, that same love of color and expressive brushwork. These paintings feel like a conversation across time, each artist pushing the boundaries of what paint can do. Baklytsky leaves us with a sense of wonder and a reminder that painting is, at its heart, an act of discovery.