Woman with guitar 1913

Pablo Picasso made ‘Woman with Guitar’ using oil on canvas. The colours are muted, almost like looking at a memory. I find myself drawn to the way Picasso layers shapes and colors, not quite defining what's what, but letting the forms suggest themselves. Look at the guitar's sound hole, that vibrant blue is so playful amidst the earth tones, isn’t it? It's as if Picasso is reminding us that art is as much about feeling as it is about seeing. There's a push and pull between flatness and depth, with areas of hatching suggesting shadow, the text from the poster adding another layer of abstraction and meaning. It reminds me a little of Braque, a kindred spirit, in its exploration of form and space, but with that unmistakable Picasso flair for the theatrical. It's all part of this ongoing conversation that artists have, echoing and answering each other across time.