Bathrobe sign 1956

Christo Coetzee made "Bathrobe sign" with a swirling vortex of black, red, and gold paint. I can imagine him layering these colors, one over the other, and how the painting maybe emerged through a process of trial, error, and intuition. I sympathise with what it might have been like to create this. What might he have been thinking when he made it? The paint looks pretty thick, doesn't it? It's built up to give real texture, which shapes our experience and adds emotional weight. Just look at that gesture, how it kind of loops back on itself. I wonder if it communicates something about feeling trapped or going round in circles. I’m thinking about how artists are always talking to each other across time, inspiring one another's creativity. Painting is such an embodied expression, right? And it embraces not knowing, letting multiple ideas bubble up. You get to look at it your way, and I get to look at it mine.