Havskrumelur 2005

Rune Jansson made *Havskrumelur* using paint, probably on paper, and the thing I notice first is that juicy blue. I can almost feel Jansson pushing the brush across the surface, back and forth to make the sea, and then dragging it horizontally to suggest the sky. The paint looks fairly thin, which allows the white of the ground to come through, creating luminosity. I'm curious about the quick doodle of a figure on the right—what's that about? Did Jansson add it in a moment of playful spontaneity? I feel like I'm looking at a study, or maybe a notation. It reminds me of the quick, intuitive marks Joan Mitchell made when she was trying to capture the feeling of landscape, not the reality, but the sensation. Jansson wasn't trying to nail down any specific meaning; he was just riffing, and hopefully, inspiring the next person to pick up a brush.