Beyond the seas there are the great lands (Daughter of viking) 1915

Nicholas Roerich painted 'Beyond the seas there are the great lands (Daughter of viking)' with oil on canvas. I can imagine him starting with thin washes of color to create the misty atmosphere, then building up layers of slightly brighter greens and yellows. What was he thinking as he painted this? I'd guess he was looking at the world with a deep connection to its mythic past. See how the palette is quite limited? The flatness of the paint suggests a kind of dream. The textures are smooth, and the colors blend softly, evoking a sense of tranquility and distance. It is almost as if the artist has translated a memory onto the canvas, one infused with longing and anticipation, like the daughter looking out to sea. Roerich has this strange sensibility to the world, it reminds me of Hilma af Klint and other artists working to see beyond the visible. It's all an ongoing conversation between artists across time.