J'ai dit noir puis rouge puis noir encore 1975

Huguette Arthur Bertrand made *J'ai dit noir puis rouge puis noir encore* with fluid brushstrokes, alternating between black and red hues. I like to imagine how the artist began, maybe tentatively, perhaps with charcoal marks, feeling her way into the blank canvas. She starts building these broad, sweeping gestures that really define the space. I sympathize with the artist, imaging her in a dance with the canvas, a back-and-forth of adding, subtracting, and adjusting. Look at the textures. The paint isn't overly thick, but it has enough body to hold its shape, giving the painting a sculptural presence. Notice how these gestures create movement, like a visual echo. It’s as if she’s having a conversation with other painters who came before, like Joan Mitchell and Helen Frankenthaler, and pushing that conversation forward. Ultimately, it's a dialogue—an ongoing exchange of ideas that transcends time, where each artist inspires the next.