Romantic Fantasy 1920 - 1921

Edvard Weie made this painting, Romantic Fantasy, with oil on canvas, though the exact date is unknown. The way the paint is dabbed on in short strokes—it’s all about the feel of the process, isn't it? The surface has got this great tactile quality. I can see the physicality of the paint, how he's loaded the brush and moved it around to create a kind of world. Look at the blue swirling marks, right in the middle—they feel like a whirlpool. It gives the painting some depth, but in a really ambiguous way, like things are being pulled in and out of focus. I’m reminded a little of Emil Nolde, another painter who wasn’t afraid to go wild with color and emotion. Art is just this big, ongoing conversation. You can never really pin it down to one meaning. It’s always shifting, always changing, and that’s what makes it so exciting, right?