Lumberjack 1940 - 1944

Arnold Peter Weisz-Kubínčan’s Lumberjack is a wrestling match with the landscape, made with thick strokes in shades of earthy red and forest green. It’s like he’s trying to pull the image out of the world, right there on the canvas. I imagine him outside, maybe even en plein air, battling with the wind and the light, trying to capture the raw energy of the lumberjack in his environment. The paint is applied so thickly it’s almost sculptural, like he’s building up the scene layer by layer, wrestling with each brushstroke to find the right form and texture. That slash of red, right across the top—it's like a burst of pure energy, a primal scream against the calm of the landscape. It makes me think of other painters who weren’t afraid to get messy, like Soutine, or even Van Gogh in his more frenzied moments. Weisz-Kubínčan is adding his voice to the chorus, another artist grappling with the messy, beautiful, and often overwhelming experience of being alive. He’s reminding us that painting isn’t just about representation; it’s about feeling, about being present in the world.