Marvelous miracle (To the feat) 1937

Nicholas Roerich made "Marvelous Miracle (To the feat)" with paint, and I am absolutely loving this incredible painting! The blues, violets, and reds layer like sheer fabric, making something luminous and ethereal. I can feel Roerich smearing the paint in parts, maybe with his fingers, blurring the edges of the mountains to create this feeling of depth and distance. That tiny horse and rider—I wonder what Roerich was thinking? Maybe he felt like that rider, a small figure within the grand scheme of the universe, heading out towards some kind of unknown future. I imagine him experimenting, improvising with each layer of the paint. Just laying down marks, responding to the emerging composition. Each brushstroke feels so intuitive! Roerich has such a distinctive style; his paintings always feel both ancient and modern. The conversation between artists across time is like that, always building on what came before, taking it somewhere new. The only thing you can be sure of is uncertainty.