Reflection of lonely objects 1956

Gandy Brodie made this painting, Reflection of Lonely Objects, using oil paint, but when? It's a dance of grays and browns, punctuated by a smattering of red, a dance that feels both somber and alive. Look at the surface. It's thick, like the paint was applied with a palette knife, scraped and layered, and there's a real physicality to it. The brushstrokes are visible, almost like the painting is still in the process of becoming. See the small, round form near the bottom, almost like a discarded apple core? It sits heavy, anchoring the swirling, ephemeral forms above. Brodie's paintings often have this quality, a sense of searching and grappling, like he's trying to capture something fleeting and ineffable. It puts me in mind of Guston, someone else not afraid to be ugly to get to some kind of truth. I think he's less about answers and more about embracing the ambiguity of it all, and it's this openness that makes his work so compelling.