Castro Jeriz c. 2003

Rein Dool made this watercolour, Castro Jeriz, with delicate washes of brown, green, and blue. I imagine Dool, brush in hand, patiently layering these colours to evoke a landscape that feels both serene and a little melancholic. The thinness of the paint gives the scene an ethereal quality, like a memory fading at the edges. I wonder if he was thinking of those quiet, solitary moments when the world seems to hold its breath. The horizon line, with its subtle shift from earth to sky, suggests a vastness, but it’s the details – the suggestion of buildings, the vertical marks indicating trees – that root the painting in a specific place. These minimal gestures, like whispers, invite us to fill in the rest of the story. Painters are always in conversation with one another, across time, borrowing ideas and inspiring new ones. This piece feels like Dool in conversation with the landscape, trying to figure out its secrets, and sharing them with us.