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There are many ways to approach a painting. You could look at a painting in a restaurant and say: «Oh, that’s ugly.» You could read the official information provided by a museum and memorize all the dates. You could get romantic and compare your special someone to a painting of flowers. You could even eat a painting, if you’ve already made sure the gallery’s security officers are looking the other way.

In this blog, to get closer to a painting, we’re going to analyze it. There are many methods to do it, but I like to study a work of art as if I were meeting a new person and I wanted to be their friend. To befriend someone, we have to know basic information such as their name, age, where they come from and what they look like. Once we know all that, we can begin to learn what they hide behind the surface, things that are not obvious to the naked eye, and what makes them really special.

I firmly believe that there is (at least) one work of art for everyone; a work that goes beyond aesthetic taste, a painting that moves you so much that it finds a permanent place within your little bones. To be honest, I can’t promise you’ll find yours on this blog, but it’s my mission to make your search a little bit easier.

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