The Pursuit of Nuance
May 6, 2022
The word nuance is a French term derived from the word “nuer,” meaning shade or subtlety. I think this is so beautiful. A painter who can capture shade on the canvas has been blessed because she can depict the subtleties of darkness and light, how they depend upon one another and are bound together. This is a difficult skill set and points to what Otto Fischer called “art as a revelation of Being.” This is the artist’s capacity to create, without filter, precisely what we are: a spellbinding presence of Shadow and Light.
