Colombine au saut de lit 1980

This is Joan Miró’s ‘Colombine au saut de lit,’ and you can almost feel the artist feeling his way through the image, line by line, color by color. It’s like he’s thinking out loud with the materials, making it up as he goes along! Look at the rough textures, the crayon-like strokes. You can almost see his hand moving, deciding, adjusting. The colors, though bold, feel a bit tentative, like a kid playing with new markers. Then there's that eye, that black, wonky eye! It’s so immediate, so present. It feels like Miró is winking at us, inviting us into his playful world. Miró was a master of this kind of spontaneous, process-driven art. It reminds me a bit of Paul Klee, who also had this childlike wonder in his work. Both artists embrace ambiguity, inviting us to find our own meanings in the marks.