Rediscovering a known landscape 2004

Joan Hernandez Pijuan made this painting called 'Rediscovering a Known Landscape' with rough, gestural marks and a monochrome palette, probably in her studio somewhere. I imagine her wrestling with that brush, pulling it across the surface, back and forth. Thick black paint defines the edges, framing a world within a world, like a stage set. Then, inside, these undulating white lines appear, regular yet imperfect, like waves of thought made visible. It feels repetitive, almost meditative, I wonder if the artist was trying to capture the essence of a place, a feeling, or memory. There's a raw honesty to it, a kind of unpretentious expression that reminds me of Agnes Martin, or maybe Brice Marden, though rougher, somehow, like a drawing but made with paint, and a restricted palette. Painting can be like that; a conversation across time, a community of mark-makers trying to figure stuff out, one gesture at a time. Each painting becomes a space of inquiry, a place for artists and viewers alike to see, think, and feel in new ways.