Sunset. Cornish Coast 1915

Albert Julius Olsson captured this coastal scene in oil paint, and you can just imagine him out there with the waves crashing! The painting feels so immediate, like it's just been waiting to happen, shifting and emerging through trial, error, and intuition. I bet the canvas felt really good in his hands, with the textures and colors responding so well to his touch. The paint looks nice and thick, capturing the light so well, and it must have been so fun for him to create those rolling waves. I love how a gesture, a single stroke, can communicate so much feeling! Olsson’s paintings remind me of Turner, but with a touch more realism. Artists are always inspiring each other, in an ongoing exchange of ideas across time. Painting can be such an embodied expression, embracing ambiguity and uncertainty, and leaving room for so many different readings.