The Bay of in Concarneau 1911

Maxime Maufra sketched this view of Concarneau in 1911 with watercolor and pencil. You can almost feel the breeze moving through the scene, like Maufra was trying to catch a fleeting impression. Notice how the tree on the left is rendered in loose, overlapping strokes of blue, green, and brown, giving it a sense of depth and volume, like he’s drawing in 3D! I imagine Maufra standing there, squinting at the light, rapidly capturing what he saw. You know, the way the landscape is treated with such gestural brevity reminds me of some of Cezanne’s watercolors. Artists are always looking at each other, transcribing the world, and inspiring one another. Painting like this isn’t about precision or perfection. It's about exploration, and embracing the beauty of the unpredictable. Each stroke a conversation, each color a question. There’s no right or wrong way, just a constant dance between intention and chance.