Dance with the Wind 2019

Michael Cheval, born in 1966, painted this canvas with oils and a healthy dose of surrealism! You can almost feel him conjuring up this dreamscape. What I find is that he has created a world where the logic is more about feeling than about what we think of as real. Just look at that swirl of blues, like a cosmic dance floor—it's not just decoration; it feels like the heartbeat of the painting, right? And the birds! Their wings echo the flow of the woman’s dress, which is so cool. She has this like, windswept, ghostly presence. You can tell, Cheval is really pushing the boundaries of reality here, asking us to consider, what is real anyway? What a great conversation starter! Painters are always in dialogue with each other, riffing off ideas, and creating new ways to see.