Sea View is pleased to present I Watch the Mountains Changing Colour, an exhibition of new paintings by German artist Heidrun Rathgeb (b. 1967). Rathgeb lives and works in southwestern Germany near Lake Constance and the Alps, a landscape that frequently appears in her work. Using small brushes and multiple layers of egg tempera, a luminous, fast-drying medium, her paintings are often no larger than the palm of her hand. Drawing is central to Rathgeb’s practice. She sketches daily whatever visually prompts her; these small observations she calls “daily epiphanies.” Her paintings always begin with drawings, never photographs. Rather than the purely visual, she seeks to capture moments lived and translate these small memories into patterns of color and light, giving them new life and intensity. Her technique is influenced by early Renaissance Sienese painters such as Sasetta, Ambrogio Lorenzetti, and Sano di Pietro, whose luminous qualities and narrative sensitivity align with her focus on everyday yet meaningful moments. She also draws inspiration from artists including Winifred Nicholson, Paula Modersohn-Becker, and Milton Avery. Rathgeb’s work is deeply personal, inspired by daily life: her six children, the warm interiors of her farmhouse, the unique light around Lake Constance, dark night skies, and her extensive long-distance hikes through the Alps, Norway, and Scotland. For her, drawing and painting are acts of devotion, ways of forming connection through careful attention rather than invention.