Hakon, Daga and Edgar 1902

Carl Larsson painted 'Hakon, Daga and Edgar' in 1902, likely using watercolor. It’s like a casual family portrait, but there’s so much more to it. I imagine Larsson with his brush dancing lightly across the paper, capturing not just faces, but the atmosphere of a home. The colors are soft, mostly warm and muted. Look at the way he renders the light catching the folds of the fabric and the dog laying on the floor. It's so lovely. There's something quietly radical in capturing domestic life with such care. It reminds me a bit of Fairfield Porter, who was also obsessed with the everyday. These kinds of paintings make you think about the value we place on different subjects in art. It's a conversation that painters have been having for centuries, isn't it? How do we find the extraordinary in the ordinary?