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This painted postcard is one of the smallest known works by Konrad Mägi. A black-and-white reproduction of it was in circulation as a postcard, which contributed to improving the connection between the public and visual arts (cf. Kuressaare Motif).
Despite the tiny size Mägi’s rendition of nature and use of colour is not intimate but rather vigorous: the dramatically wavy and frothy clouds rhyme with a number of works from Mägi’s Pühajärve period in which the sky acquired apocalyptic proportions. It is not a cosy but a rather threatening place, yet in that threat Mägi was looking for a cathartic dimension.
In line with other works from the South-Estonian period, the rhythm of the composition has been created through the alternation of hills and lakes, but special attention should be paid to Mägi’s choice of colour, which is quite abundant and consists of different cold as well as warm shades. In comparison to other works from the same period, which were often based on one dominant colour, this picture is more versatile with its contrasts, harmonies and unexpected transitions from white to black, blue to red or yellow to green.
For several years, the work was located outside of Estonia.