Sea Light

Havlys – 1984

Title Translation: Sea Light
Medium: Watercolour on textured paper
Signature: Signed “Sigurd Bergmann”

Havlys is a radiant meditation on light, horizon, and the fluidity of memory. Painted in 1984, this work exemplifies Sigurd Bergmann’s ability to blend atmosphere and emotion into a single gesture. Warm coral and terracotta tones anchor the foreground in a rocky coastal silhouette, while a kaleidoscope of soft greens, yellows, and sea blues ripple across the ocean's surface.

Above it all, the sun floats like a gentle echo, illuminating the sky with rose-pink clouds that feel almost whispered into the paper. There’s a poetic ambiguity here—where the sea ends and the sky begins is left to the viewer’s heart to decide.

A seagull hovers mid-frame, small but deliberate, drawing our eye to the luminous stillness of the sea. A timeless scene, caught in breath.