November Day, Rogaland

Novemberdag, Rogaland (1994)

Watercolor on paper
Sigurd Bergmann

In Novemberdag, Rogaland — November Day, Rogaland — Sigurd Bergmann captures the quiet melancholy and subtle beauty of a late-autumn day in western Norway. Painted in 1994, this watercolor radiates atmosphere: cool skies, faded fields, and soft clouds moving across a sun-drenched horizon.

Rather than focusing on detail, Sigurd uses gentle washes and bleeding edges to suggest more than describe. Blushes of orange, ochre, and lavender blend into one another like fallen leaves carried on wind. A faint path seems to lead inward through the field, dissolving into light. Above it all, one small red bird — barely visible — drifts in the distance, a quiet symbol of freedom and presence.

This piece is meditative and poetic — a painting that feels like a memory. In Novemberdag, Rogaland, time slows, the senses soften, and the viewer is invited to simply breathe with the landscape.