Window Scape 1968

Warren Rohrer made this oil painting called 'Window Scape', and just looking at it, I imagine him layering paint, building up this scumbled surface of pinks, beiges, grays and yellows in fits and starts, as the painting shifted and emerged through trial, error, and intuition. I wonder, what was it like for Rohrer to stand before this canvas, wrestling with form and light? Maybe he was thinking about how to capture the feeling of a space, rather than its exact appearance. Look at the way he's built up the texture, that thick impasto giving the surface a tactile quality. A particular stroke there, a swipe of gray, seems to communicate a fleeting thought, a moment of hesitation or maybe certainty. It makes me think of other painters, like Morandi, who were so interested in the poetics of quiet observation. Ultimately, this painting is an invitation. A call to reflect on how painting itself is an embodied expression, embracing uncertainty, and allowing for multiple interpretations. It is a reminder that artists are in an ongoing conversation, inspiring each other's creativity across time.