Laivu piestātne 1930

Vilhelms Purvitis made "Laivu piestātne" with thick strokes of blues and ochres. It’s like watching the painting come into being, bit by bit, through color and intuition. I can imagine him standing here, looking at the water, thinking about the texture of the wooden docks, the way the light hits the sails. It’s a kind of visual thinking— where each brushstroke isn’t just describing something, but also feeling it out. Look at how he lays the paint on, so thick you can almost feel the roughness of the wood and the movement of the water. The colours work so well together. They create these shimmering effects, bouncing from warm to cool, dark to light. That little flick of orange on the left is everything, right? It communicates the feeling of being there. Purvitis's paintings are like ongoing conversations, echoing the Impressionists and anticipating future artists. And, ultimately, painting is just this—an embodied expression. It's open to interpretation, allowing us all to experience and feel something new.