Morning 1931

Nicholas Roerich made this painting, Morning, probably with oils on canvas. Look at the way he’s built up the sky with these gentle strokes, like he’s caressing the canvas. I can imagine him waking up super early to capture the dawn. There’s this calm, almost meditative quality. I wonder if he was trying to distill the feeling of a sunrise rather than just painting what he saw. Roerich often painted mountains, and they have this mystical vibe, don't they? It’s like he’s trying to capture something eternal, or the sublime power of nature. Those light rays? They're so subtle, but they give the whole scene this ethereal glow. It reminds me a bit of some of the early abstract painters, who were also trying to find ways to paint the invisible. It's like they were all tuning into the same cosmic frequency. Painting is like a constant conversation, artists responding to each other across time, riffing on ideas, and pushing the boundaries of what paint can do.