Quilt Pattern 1935 - 1942

Alois E. Ulrich made this watercolor of a quilt pattern at an unknown date. What I love here is how the flowers and the leaves in the middle form a balanced composition. I can imagine Ulrich hunched over this piece, carefully layering each color, letting the image emerge slowly. There is a tenderness that comes through, a sort of gentle precision and care. What was Ulrich thinking as he rendered this design? Maybe he imagined the quilt in its final form. The lines are so precise, it's as if he's trying to capture every detail of the quilt as accurately as possible. Painters, you know, we are always in conversation with one another across time. Each of us picks up where someone else left off, inspiring the next generation of artists. In the end, painting is just a form of expression, a way to embrace ambiguity and uncertainty, and to create something beautiful in the process.