S. Basile, Étampes, France 1887

Editor: Here we have Denman Waldo Ross's "S. Basile, Étampes, France," a watercolor drawing with incredibly delicate lines. It feels like a fleeting memory. How do you interpret the artist's choice to leave so much of the sketch unfinished? Curator: It's like a half-remembered dream, isn't it? The incomplete nature invites us to collaborate with the artist, to fill in the blanks with our own imagination. Perhaps Ross wasn't aiming for photorealistic accuracy, but instead capturing the essence, the soul of the place. What do you think? Editor: That's a lovely thought. It’s like he’s whispering the image, not shouting it. I see the building, but I also see a feeling. Thanks! Curator: Exactly! And that's the magic of suggestion, isn't it? Leaving room for the viewer to breathe life into the art. A quiet masterpiece of understated beauty.