High Summer

Høysommer (1988)

Watercolor on paper
Sigurd Bergmann

In Høysommer — High Summer — Sigurd Bergmann captures the vibrant energy and layered light of a Norwegian summer at its peak. Painted in 1988, this watercolor landscape overflows with movement and life, from the lush foreground bursting with wildflowers to the deep green forest that stretches toward distant hills.

Using transparent washes and expressive brushwork, Sigurd builds a scene that feels both immediate and timeless. Fields glow in warm yellow, the treetops are brushed with cool blues and shadowed greens, and two birds soar high above — small but essential elements of his signature visual language.

This painting is not only a celebration of color and season, but of presence — the act of standing still in the middle of summer and simply observing. Høysommer offers that rarest of gifts: a landscape that breathes.