Hazy Morning in the West

Disig morgen i vest

Translation: Hazy Morning in the West
Artist: Sigurd Bergmann
Year: 1995
Medium: Watercolour on textured paper

In Disig morgen i vest, Sigurd Bergmann gives us a landscape steeped in delicate mystery — the kind of morning where the air itself seems to hum. The sky glows in a gradient of pale gold and rose, blushing softly above a landscape only half awake. A field of wildflowers, heather, and low bushes lies in the foreground, rendered with flickering dabs of colour — saffron, violet, and moss green. The haze settles like a whisper over the horizon, obscuring what might be a lighthouse or a distant rock out at sea.

It’s a painting that invites you to slow down and lean into the quiet. The birds soaring through the mist emphasize the stillness, their faint silhouettes suspended mid-flight. The entire scene feels like a held breath — a fleeting, sacred pause before the light strengthens and the world resumes its usual rhythm.

Sigurd masterfully uses the softness of watercolour here to speak volumes with very little. This is a painting of restraint and radiance, perfect for those who see beauty in subtlety.