Mount Aragats at summer 1922

Martiros Sarian painted "Mount Aragats at Summer" with oils in 1922. It's like he's captured a moment where the earth breathes out warmth. I can almost feel Sarian standing there, squinting at the light as he mixes ochre and pale blues on his palette. The paint is applied in these confident, blocky shapes, thick in some places, thinner in others, as if he’s building the landscape brick by brick. Look at the way the light hits the fields, how the colour seems to vibrate. It's not just about what he saw but about how he felt, how the heat shimmered and the land stretched out before him. He's part of a lineage of artists, like Marsden Hartley or Milton Avery, who aren't afraid to simplify and amplify the emotional resonance of a scene. Painting is like this ongoing conversation across time. Artists look, respond, and add their own voice. It's never really finished, just reinterpreted.