El árbol 1933

Armando Reveron made this painting, El árbol, with thin layers of light, sandy color, maybe building up slowly, adjusting, wiping away, until an image started to emerge. I can imagine Reveron standing there, squinting a bit, trying to capture the hazy atmosphere, that sense of light blurring everything it touches. The paint seems to be scrubbed onto the canvas. See how it creates this almost ghostly, shimmering effect? The whited-out palette gives you a sense of blinding sunlight—so bright it almost erases the forms. He builds up this ghostly vision of a tree out of dabs and strokes. It reminds me of Turner's late seascapes, or maybe some of Whistler’s tonalist works. Artists have always been fascinated by light, and how it transforms what we see. Painting isn't just about representation, it's a conversation across time. A way of thinking, feeling, and seeing the world, even when it's filtered through our own subjective experience.