Vega c. 1920s

Arthur Bowen Davies made this watery vista called Vega with delicate strokes of watercolor. I imagine him outside with his paper, chasing the light, trying to capture the hazy atmosphere of the day. It’s like he's letting the colors bleed and blend, creating soft edges and diffused forms. The greens and blues of the landscape seem to melt into the sky, and the buildings are just suggestions of form – little more than ghostly apparitions. I wonder if he was thinking about Turner, another painter obsessed with light and atmosphere. Or maybe he was just trying to find a way to express the feeling of being in nature. It's a reminder that painting is a conversation across time. We learn from each other, inspire each other, and keep the dialogue going.