Gelée blanche à Eragny 1902

Camille Pissarro painted Gelée blanche à Eragny in 1902 using oil on canvas, and right away I'm noticing how he’s built this landscape with a multitude of tiny, deliberate strokes. It’s like he’s not just painting what he sees, but also how he sees it, the act of perception itself. The texture of the paint is really something here; you can almost feel the roughness of the bark, the softness of the grass. Look at that little tree in the foreground. See how it's rendered with touches of green, brown, yellow, and even a hint of blue? It's as if each dab of color is a tiny observation, and the whole painting is a sum of these moments. Pissarro reminds me a lot of Cezanne, who was similarly interested in how we perceive the world, and how painting can be a form of inquiry. Like them, this piece shows how the best art isn't about having all the answers, but about asking interesting questions.