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

Gotfred Rode made this landscape with two sheep by a road, it’s all about a kind of searching in the paint. Rode’s approach is all about the touch of the brush, that feeling of paint being dragged, dabbed, and layered. There's a real physicality to the way he builds up the ground, like he's sculpting the earth itself with strokes of dark tones. The sheep aren't just sitting there; they’re part of the texture, nestled in the strokes. The trees on the horizon feel like they're being blown around. All this detail makes you feel like you're there in the wind with those sheep. It feels like a moment captured in time. It reminds me of Corot, how he used tone and shade to capture fleeting moments. I’m sure Rode would be happy to be placed in that lineage. I guess it shows how art is one big conversation, isn't it?