Turkey Painting: Solitude on the water

Description

The painting starts with a hazy sky and an equally hazy body of water, with deep bluish green and light brown shades being the dominant colors of the painting. That conveys a feeling of melancholy. There is a large object with two towers and a rounded roof sitting in the background. It could be a castle or some kind of a palace or even a religious building. It is a similar color as the background and that makes it not be the center of the painting. The water looks like a canal, considering there are stairs in the background.

The centre of the painting is the man on a boat. The boat is green and the man seems to have been using a pole to steer it. The man is standing on the boat, and looks at the ground in front of him, his slumped posture emanating sadness. He is wearing what looks like light pants, dark jacket and an orange scarf, suggesting that it’s cold. He is still holding the pole, but he is not making an effort to steer.

The photo evokes a feeling of sadness and gloominess, but a calm one. You have the feeling that the man goes over here to think and sort out his life, or even that he just comes here to wallow. You also have the feeling that this helps him to return to his life soon.