Young Artist 1970

Here's a painting by Sergiy Grigoriev that shows the process of making a painting. I love the gestural marks in this work, and its colour palette of earthy browns, creams, and pinks. What a painterly image, thick with texture! Imagine the artist standing here, brush in hand, shifting and adding, the work emerging through intuition. What do you think it's like to be in the position of the young artist in the painting? She is resting her face in her hands, daydreaming, perhaps, as her artwork dries on the wall behind her. The palette of colours at her fingertips and the pot of brushes could be interpreted as Grigoriev offering the viewer an insight into his own world. Grigoriev reminds us that artists are in an ongoing conversation across time, inspiring one another’s creativity. Painting embraces ambiguity, allowing for multiple interpretations beyond any single reading.