Les Tours Vertes, La Rochelle 1913

Paul Signac made this painting of La Rochelle with oil on canvas, using his signature pointillist technique. Imagine him, patiently applying those tiny dots of paint. It's like building a mosaic, but with color. He probably worked outside, *en plein air*, trying to capture the light dancing on the water and the old harbor towers. I bet he mixed colors, layering dabs of blues, greens and pinks, watching them shift and shimmer in the sun. The green towers aren't really green, not exactly, but they feel intensely green! Signac was part of a radical generation of painters. These artists were all looking at each other's work, and thinking about how to make something new and to me, this is how art evolves, not in isolation but through conversation and experimentation, adding layers of meaning. He pushes it, and we see the world a little differently.