"Interlocutor" by Joseph Yaeger is a 2023 watercolour work executed on gessoed linen, a surface that lends the piece an unusual textural tension between the absorbent primer and the fluid, translucent medium. The gesso ground resists and accepts the watercolour in unpredictable ways, creating a dialogue between material and pigment that seems to mirror the work's title — a term denoting one who participates in a conversation or exchange. The result is a piece that feels simultaneously deliberate and spontaneous, inviting the viewer into its own quiet negotiation of surface and colour.