A Blond Wearing Earrings 1916

Amedeo Modigliani painted "A Blond Wearing Earrings" with oil on canvas, and what strikes me is how he builds the image through layers of colour and delicate lines. It's like watching a memory slowly come into focus. The surface has this amazing, almost velvety texture. The paint isn't thick, but it’s applied in such a way that you can see each brushstroke, especially around the face. The way he uses these warm, rosy hues for the skin creates a dreamlike quality, and then BAM, those earrings! Tiny dots of light that bring her gently into focus. It's all about feeling, not just seeing. Modigliani's simplified forms remind me a bit of Brancusi. But instead of stone, he’s using paint to carve out these elongated, elegant shapes. He's not just painting a portrait; he’s capturing a mood, a feeling, a fleeting moment. And isn’t that what art is all about?