Golden Autumn 2007

This sculpture, Golden Autumn, by Daan Lemaire, is made of glass in shades of red and yellow. It’s pure abstraction, yet it makes me think of nature and the changing seasons. I imagine Lemaire in his studio, surrounded by molten glass, coaxing these shapes into being. He's working fast. There’s a push and pull between intention and accident as the materials cool and harden. See how the red seeps into the yellow? It reminds me of the way colours merge and bleed in my own paintings, where I often embrace the unexpected. I wonder if he was thinking of other artists while he was making this. Maybe he wanted to see what he could do with those colors, like a dance between light and dark, chance and control. That dark looping line adds a layer of complexity, like a signature. Artists are always building on what’s come before, riffing on each other’s ideas. That’s the beauty of art, there’s no right or wrong way to interpret it. It's all part of an ongoing conversation.