Still Life with Blue Fish 1955

This is Werner Drewes' "Still Life with Blue Fish", and I’m guessing it’s a woodcut or linocut, where he carved away at a block to leave a raised surface, inked it up, and pressed it onto paper. It's all about process, right? The way you make a thing is part of what it is. Look at the way Drewes uses color. It's not about realism, but about feeling. The blue of the fish is intense, almost electric, set against the warm, earthy tones of the plate. You can almost smell the salty tang of the sea and the sharp zest of that lemon. And those little cross-hatched scales! Each one is a tiny decision, a little world of texture and tone. It reminds me of the way Paul Klee played with simple forms to create a sense of depth and wonder. "Still Life with Blue Fish" isn't just a picture of some fish; it's a record of a way of seeing and thinking about the world, a conversation between the artist and the materials. It's like he's saying, "Let's not take things too seriously; let's play with color and shape and see what happens." And isn't that what art is all about?