Munich-Schwabing with the church of St. Ursula 1908

This is Wassily Kandinsky’s “Munich-Schwabing with the church of St. Ursula,” a landscape made with oil on cardboard. You know, I can just picture him in front of the canvas. He’s probably thinking hard, squints a bit, then lets the brush fly. Look at the way he's daubed the paint to conjure up the scene. He's layered a bunch of different greens to create a foreground that vibrates with life, and there are thick strokes of blues and yellows across the top that give me the feeling of a summer sky. It reminds me that every color has a voice. I love how Kandinsky lets shapes emerge and dissolve. The painting isn't trying to trick you into thinking you're looking at the "real" Munich. Instead, it's like he's sharing a feeling, a memory, or maybe just the joy of seeing. Painting is about so much more than visual representation: it’s about the conversation between artist and viewer, an exchange of ideas, and a spark of creativity.