Digitalis 1915

Pyotr Konchalovsky made this still life with oil on canvas, a painting erupting with blues, pinks, purples, and a little bit of yellow. It’s called "Digitalis", which is another name for foxgloves. Imagine Konchalovsky in his studio, stepping back and forth, and building up these flowers with thick strokes. I wonder what it was like for him to arrange the flowers, maybe shifting them around, trying to capture the light just right. Look at the way the colors blend together, creating this sense of depth and texture. It feels like he's really digging into the materiality of painting. It is a painting in conversation with other paintings, with what came before and what will come. Every stroke, every dab of color, is part of this ongoing exchange. We see that art is an embodied expression, full of uncertainty. There are no fixed meanings, just endless possibilities.