The Farm at Collettes 1915

This painting of a farm at Collettes is by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. It's all soft greens and yellows, a real sun-drenched haze. I bet Renoir was out there, squinting in the light, trying to capture that fleeting moment. There's something so intimate about the way he's built up the layers, like he's feeling his way through the scene. You can almost feel the warmth radiating from the canvas. It's not about getting every detail perfect, but about capturing the overall feeling of the place. Look at the way he's dabbed the paint on, those little strokes of color that create a sense of movement and light. It reminds me of Cezanne, how he would build up a form with color. I always wonder what these guys talked about. It’s like they’re having this amazing painterly conversation across time. I always think that painting is like that, a conversation, a way of seeing and feeling and sharing that with others.