December

Desember

Translation: December
Artist: Sigurd Bergmann
Year: 1984
Medium: Watercolour on textured paper

In Desember, Sigurd Bergmann invites us into the quiet, muted beauty of a winter forest settling into the year’s final chapter. Rendered in earthy browns and deep plums, the painting captures a snow-dusted landscape under a soft, glowing sky tinged with rose and ochre — the last blush of a northern sun.

A few pine trees rise in the foreground, dark silhouettes against a blanket of fading light. There's a hush here, a stillness that feels sacred. This isn't the glimmering, festive December of postcards — it’s the raw, honest side of winter: introspective, peaceful, and deeply rooted.

Sigurd's brush speaks in whispers, and the viewer is invited to lean in and listen. The texture of the paper catches the coldness of air and the softness of snow, grounding this piece in a quiet emotional resonance. Desember is not about celebration — it’s about pausing, breathing, and belonging to something ancient and cyclical.