Huizen in besneeuwd landschap van Sereda 1903 - 1904

This black and white photograph by Joseph Cheetham pictures houses in a snowy Sereda landscape. I'm imagining him out there in the freezing cold, maybe feeling kind of bleak, but also finding some quiet beauty in it all. I mean, think about it – all that white. It's so stark. Yet the lines of the houses are soft, almost blurred by the snow. The trees reach up like scratchy pencil marks against the sky. It's so basic in a way, but it does make you think about how different marks and shapes can make you feel something. And hey, that's what painting is all about, right? It's about feeling a thing and trying to show it to someone else. It's like one long, silent conversation between all the artists who ever lived. You get an idea from one, pass it on to another. You try something out, mess it up, and then maybe find something new. It's never really done, you know? It just keeps going.