Landscape with flowering peach 1932

Grace Cossington Smith made this dreamy landscape with flowering peach with paint on board. It's all about seeing and feeling. The brushstrokes are kind of like little building blocks, creating a surface that shimmers with light and air. Look at how she builds up the forms with these small, deliberate strokes. The pinks and greens aren’t just colors; they're sensations. You can almost feel the cool air and the warmth of the sun on your skin. The peach blossoms, they're not just pretty flowers, but they're almost vibrating with life. I'm drawn to the trunk of the tree - the color is yellow, almost luminous against the muted background. It puts me in mind of the way Emily Carr approached her forest scenes. Like Carr, Smith is concerned with the vital energy of the natural world and how to represent this on canvas. It’s a painting that invites you to slow down and really see.