Spring at Cenade 1977

Viorel Marginean made this landscape, Spring at Cenade, with paint. It's all about how colors can suggest a feeling, a moment, rather than describing a place exactly. The painting feels like it was made alla prima, wet on wet, a quick dash to capture the light. Up close, you see the paint is laid on pretty thick, with all these juicy brushstrokes that create a rough texture. It’s not about being precise, but about the joy of smearing paint around to conjure bare trees and melting snow. See how he uses these little dabs of orange and pink? They're not really flowers, but they give you this sense of spring pushing through. And the trees! They’re just these simple, dark marks, but they totally work, don't they? Marginean reminds me a bit of Milton Avery, with that same playful approach to color and form. It's like he's saying, art doesn’t need to spell everything out, it can whisper, and we fill in the blanks.