Fiskere på havet 1903

This is Fiskere pa havet by Carl Locher, it's a monochrome print of boats on choppy water. I can imagine him, bent over the plate, creating this image through tiny marks and lines. I think about the act of repetition – Locher making each stroke and how it builds into a picture, a story, and a world. I wonder what the artist was thinking, staring out at the waves, etching and re-etching to make this scene. It makes me wonder what it would be like on those boats and imagine the fisherman out in the sea. The clouds in the background almost look smudged, swirling like the waves beneath the boats. It’s a testament to the enduring possibilities of art.