Window to Peaceful Life 2022

Kinder Album made this watercolor called 'Window to Peaceful Life' and right away I can see it's about layers. I mean, you've got the figure, rendered in these pale washes, almost like a memory, and then smack-dab in the center, this rectangle of, well, a window. The way the sky and the paragliders are painted, it’s like a little burst of freedom right there in the middle of everything. The brushstrokes are so loose and free, especially in the sky, that the whole scene feels like it's breathing. It's this little world, framed, but still part of something bigger. It reminds me of Hilma af Klint, who also used these kinds of symbolic forms to explore inner worlds. And just like Klint, Kinder Album isn't giving us any easy answers. It's more like they're inviting us to feel our way through. Isn't that the best kind of art?