Massanutten Mountain 1926

Harry Newman Wickey made this print of Massanutten Mountain, and just look at that landscape! I can almost feel the artist there, you know? Trying to capture this huge sense of place. Imagine him, maybe squinting a little, figuring out how to translate all that sprawling nature into something he can hold in his hands. Wickey is using all these tiny, scratchy lines, like he's trying to feel his way through the image. It’s pretty cool how he builds up the layers, the darks against the lights, and the whole thing kind of shimmers. The marks really make you feel the weight of the mountain. He knew how to make it look alive! I reckon Wickey would have loved knowing we're still looking, still getting something out of his work. It's like we're all part of this big conversation, and painting, well, it's just one way of talking.