A Lakeshore 1953

David Burliuk made *A Lakeshore* with oil paint, and it’s like he’s right there, smearing the colors onto the canvas, capturing a breezy day. The way the paint clumps together to form that tree with the white blossoms, it reminds me of making mud pies as a kid. There’s a tactile joy in how he builds up the surface, those little peaks and valleys of paint creating a kind of topographical map of his experience. It’s not just about seeing the landscape, but feeling it, too – the rough bark of the trees, the soft grass underfoot, the cool air coming off the water. I see the ghost of Van Gogh in those energetic strokes. Burliuk invites us into a conversation about what painting can do, how it can embody not just an image, but a whole sensory world.