Antibes, the Pink Cloud 1916

Paul Signac made this painting, Antibes, the Pink Cloud, with oil on canvas, and well, just look at that cloud. The whole thing is built up from these tiny, methodical dots of color. It’s like he’s not just painting a cloud but showing us how light itself is made – broken down into its constituent parts. It’s a real process, a way of seeing and then reconstructing the world. Up close, it’s just a bunch of dots, but step back, and they magically coalesce into something recognizable. The pink in that cloud against the blues and yellows is pretty incredible, almost like he’s bottled a sunset. It’s this dance between the tiny marks and the overall image that gets me, you know? Like each dot is a tiny decision, and together they make this grand statement. He was clearly looking at what Seurat was doing, but Signac brings his own touch, his own feel for the Mediterranean light. Ultimately, it’s a reminder that art is always a conversation, an ongoing exploration.