Seelandschaft mit bergigem Ufer 1907

Cuno Amiet made this watercolour Seelandschaft mit bergigem Ufer, or ‘Seascape with mountainous shore’, and I love how he’s built up the image through these transparent washes. The paint is so thin, it’s like he’s barely touched the surface of the paper, just breathed colour onto it. You can see it pooled in some areas, creating these subtle variations in tone, and these variations give the artwork a real sense of depth. Look at how the blues of the water and the sky almost merge, broken only by the fine, dark lines of the shoreline and the branches. It's like the whole image is dissolving into light and atmosphere, a feeling echoed in the work of Turner. Art is always a conversation, an echo of what’s gone before. I love that. There is always room for ambiguity.