For David Fernández 1964

This piece, For David Fernández, by Joan Miró, is like a playful visual poem made with paint and line. Look at that baby blue background, it’s so thin it’s almost like a watercolor wash, making the bold colors pop even more. Miró isn't trying to hide his process here, the paint is direct, and there’s a real sense of immediacy, like he’s just letting his imagination run wild. My eye keeps getting drawn to the face on the left, with that checkerboard patch at the top and the red, striped smile. It's almost cartoonish, but there's something deeper going on too. You could call him a relative of Paul Klee. Both of these guys were using a language of abstraction to tap into something primal. Like children expressing themselves, but with the full force of a trained artist. Miró’s work isn’t about answers, it’s more about opening doors to new ways of seeing.