Summer Landscape 1957

Hryhorii Havrylenko made this watercolor landscape, probably in the summertime given the title and the look of the trees. I can imagine Havrylenko outside with his paper and paints, carefully mixing his colors, maybe squinting a little bit in the sun. Look at the light washes of color, how the sky and the field seem to blend into each other, creating a hazy effect. The paint is so thin, it's almost like he's breathing color onto the page. And those trees! They're not just green blobs, each one has its own character, its own way of reaching for the sky. I wonder if Havrylenko felt a connection to these trees, if he saw them as individuals with their own stories to tell? It makes me think about how artists, like Havrylenko, are always looking, always responding to the world around them, and how their paintings are a way of sharing their unique vision with us.