Shepherd and Sheep at Vlaici 1912

Nicolae Darascu made this painting of a shepherd and sheep at Vlaici with oil on canvas. Look at how the hillside undulates with these stripes of warm hues, like ochre and a blush of pink. It feels like he's building up the scene, layer by layer. I can imagine him standing there, trying to capture this very moment, not just what he sees, but what he feels. Did he get frustrated when the sheep moved? Or did that sense of immediacy and life feed into the painting? He's using color in a symbolic way. Like, that blue against the orange. It's not just about what color is, it's about what color does. And those trees, with their bare, spindly branches that divide up the composition. See how they're almost like musical notes on a staff? I think Darascu is in conversation with the Impressionists. What do you think? He's part of this ongoing discussion among painters, trying to figure out how to translate the world onto a flat surface.