Tête dans les nuages 2021

Carlos Sablòn made 'Tête dans les nuages,' though I don't know exactly when, or with what. I can imagine him in the studio, layering the scene into being: a tree-headed man holding a paper crane, set against a surreal landscape. It’s a really unusual idea, isn't it? I wonder, what was he thinking, mixing nature and the corporate world like that? I think the paint is applied thinly, allowing for smooth gradations of color. It's super controlled, right? Very different from the gestural, abstract stuff I tend to do. The smoothness gives it a dreamlike quality. The tree-man feels calm but strange, and the landscape behind him merges the real and the surreal. A really compelling image. It reminds me a little of Magritte, maybe, with that combo of uncanny imagery and everyday life. Artists are always in conversation, you know? Bouncing ideas off each other across time. Painting is like thinking aloud – it invites us into the unknown, and celebrates the weird, wandering paths of the imagination.