And we are not afraid 1922

Nicholas Roerich made "And we are not afraid" with oil on canvas; it's a landscape of snow-capped mountains, a sunrise that bleeds from peach to lilac, two figures in dark robes, and a bear. I imagine Roerich starting with thin washes of colour, building up the forms slowly, almost meditatively. He probably mixed those soft pinks and purples to make a sky that feels vast and eternal. The paint looks smoothly applied, no visible brushstrokes, giving everything a kind of otherworldly glow. The composition—the way the mountains loom and the figures stand so still—creates a feeling of quiet reverence, you know? I'm thinking about other painters, like Caspar David Friedrich, who used landscapes to evoke spiritual feelings. Roerich must've been aiming for something similar. Maybe he wanted to capture a sense of inner peace, or the courage to face the unknown. Artists have always looked to each other for inspiration, riffing on themes and ideas.