Flood pool at Gažansko field - 29th May 2015 2015

Alfred Freddy Krupa made this pastel drawing on May 29th, 2015, and you can almost feel him squinting at the scene before him. Look how he's layered those hazy blues and yellows. It's like he's trying to capture not just the flood pool, but also the feeling of being there on that specific day. I’m thinking about how the vertical pastel strokes create a sense of rhythm. They remind me of Cy Twombly's scribbles, but with a grounded sense of place. Each mark feels deliberate, like Krupa is carefully mapping out the scene, trying to figure it out and make sense of what is in front of him. I wonder what he was thinking when he chose those colors. Was the sky really that pale blue, or was he trying to capture a mood? It is like the whole scene is a bit blurry, and he is trying to find form within it. Artists are always building on each other’s ideas, reaching across time to create something new. It is a conversation that never really ends.