Flow Black

In full Scandinavian summer these waters glisten blue and green like any other, clear enough to see right into their depths. But in dim light they change entirely. The water turns deep black as it crashes against the stones, and around each rock a halo of white droplets forms, catching the moonlight. The stones seem to glow, lit from within the darkness of the flowing water.

That's the moment I drew. It needs no colour — only the starkest black and white can carry the contrast between the dark current and those luminous stones.

It feels true to the whole region, too. Scandinavia's lakes and rivers are piercingly cold, set apart from the warm rivieras, keeping their own remote, cloudy beauty on the edge of the continent. Independent, like the place itself.

This is my landscape theme distilled to light against dark. An original drawing. Signed.

Jolanta