Landschap met bebouwing 1977

Harrie Gerritz made this screen print, "Landschap met bebouwing," and when you look at it, I wonder what kind of conversations he was having with other artists. The bright blue sky, the green ground, and the horizontal lines of rainbow colors above the house. It looks like a sunset, or some kind of radiant energy. I'm trying to imagine being Gerritz, in his studio, layering those colors one by one, thinking about the landscape, but also about flatness, about color, about the very act of seeing. The print has a graphic quality with some simple shapes, but also a dreamlike atmosphere. The whole image has a kind of playful, experimental feeling to it. Artists are always in dialogue with each other, even across generations. Looking at this work makes me think about all the ways painting can help us see and feel the world in new ways.