Tibet 1938

Nicholas Roerich gave us ‘Tibet,’ and well, what a place to visit with paint! I imagine Roerich layering these thin washes of blue, cream, and beige, coaxing out this high altitude settlement and snow-capped mountain range. It is a space where buildings and nature, the monumental and the intimate, all converge. It makes you wonder what it was like to be him. I want to know what he was thinking! Did he have cold hands like me? I am so interested in how painters deal with the cold! The colors are kind of muted, except for the peaks. And how great is it when you get just the right color that is the essence of 'mountainness’?! He’s so good! I see the clouds and the peaks, and I think about other artists who were also in conversation with Roerich. They all push painting forward! He inspires me to think about landscape in new ways, and that’s what art should do, right? It opens your mind!