Ved vejen, blæst. Landskab med to får ved en vej 1906

Gotfred Rode made this landscape with oil on canvas, inviting us to stroll down a windswept path in the Danish countryside. I imagine the painting coming into being like a dance with the weather, Rode trying to capture the feeling of the wind rustling through the trees and the shadows stretching across the fields. There's a real sense of the elements at play, isn't there? The paint looks thinly applied, almost translucent in places, which adds to the breezy, ethereal quality of the scene. I sympathize with Rode, standing there with his easel, battling the gusts of wind, trying to nail down the fleeting effects of light and shadow. Look at how the trees are bending, practically bowing to the force of nature! It reminds me of Corot, who was also interested in landscape, and the conversation of the Danish Golden Age painters. Rode is part of an ongoing exchange of ideas across time, inspiring one another’s creativity.