Running woman 1912

Tadeusz Makowski created ‘Running Woman’ using oils, and you can almost feel the painting emerging, shifting with each brushstroke, through a process of trial, error, and intuition. I sympathize with Makowski, imagining him working on this, thinking about how a single gesture can communicate feeling or intention. The color palette is earthy, skin tones and neutrals, with greens and pinks. He worked each plane like a tile in a mosaic. The paint is applied in thick blocks, creating a textured surface that shapes our experience, adding emotional and intellectual layers. You can see how artists engage in an ongoing conversation, inspiring each other. Painting embodies expression and embraces ambiguity, welcoming multiple interpretations, not just one fixed meaning.