Galloping horse 1912

Edvard Munch made this painting of a Galloping Horse, location and date unknown, using oil on canvas. The painting feels like a snapshot of a memory, fleeting and blurry, a moment not fully grasped but felt. Look at the way he's dabbed on the snow in thick strokes of white, blue, and pink – it's like he's trying to capture the way light dances and shifts in the winter air. The horse itself is a burst of energy, a fiery orange-red against the cool tones of the snow. You can almost feel the animal's breath in the cold air, hear the crunch of hooves on the ground. The brushstrokes are so loose, so gestural, that the whole scene seems to be in motion, not static. See how the forms break down into marks and daubs, it's like the painting is dissolving before your eyes. This painting reminds me of Van Gogh, but with a Nordic twist. Both artists shared a passion for capturing the emotional intensity of life through color and brushwork. Just like Munch, let's embrace the ambiguity and let the painting speak to us in its own way.