Solange listening to Chopin 1994

Maria Bozoky made this watercolour, Solange listening to Chopin, in an unknown year, and it’s all dreamy washes of colour and suggestive lines. I can feel the artist dabbing at the paper, letting the paint bleed and mingle, creating a hazy, almost ethereal atmosphere. You get the sense that she's a painter who is really in touch with her feelings. Bozoky's not interested in photographic realism; instead, she's after something more internal, more emotional. I like the way the red of Solange's dress pops against the deep blue chair, while the pianist and piano melt into the background, and the overall effect is one of reverie, a moment suspended in time. It makes me think of other artists, like Bonnard, who use colour and light to create these intimate, personal worlds. It’s like Bozoky is inviting us into her own private concert hall. It’s a beautiful reminder of how painting can be a conversation between artists across time, each inspiring the other to see and feel the world in new ways.