Bosham 1925

This etching on paper is by James McBey and it's titled Bosham. McBey’s hand seems to have moved with so much freedom. You can almost see him outside in Bosham, squinting a little, as he captures the boats resting in the foreground and the distant town. Those etched lines, so delicate and precise, create such a sense of light and atmosphere. I wonder what he was thinking about as he worked on this piece. Was he contemplating the relationship between man and nature, or simply trying to capture a fleeting moment of beauty? Perhaps he felt kinship with Whistler who also found beauty in subtle tonal shifts. I admire how McBey lets the landscape breathe. It reminds me that art isn't about perfection, but about capturing the essence of a moment. It’s about being unafraid to leave space for interpretation and to embrace the messy, imperfect beauty of the world around us.