Form and substance Hi. I'll be very pleased if someone could take time to read my text and help me improve it. Thanks a lot :) I’ve always been a great admirer of the work of some painters, among them figure prominently Munch, Soutine, Van Gogh. What fascinates me the most about them is their talent to transcend what could otherwise be seen as a quite ordinary scene, into something else; something powerful which is able to resonate in us -sometimes in an almost mystical way- and give us emotions whether we understand their origin or not. The “real”, once passed through the distorting prism of their genius, that some may describe as madness, appears in a very different light. Whether it’s by altering the shapes of their subjects, by playing with the colors and the light or by making significant choices regarding the composition, they manage to drag us towards unexpected destinations. There is no more form and substance, the form has become the substance.