Rain — Impressions from the Train

Ciągliński painted Rain — Impressions from the Train from a moving train, and it looks like it. A dark band of earth sits low in the composition, with a pale pool or puddle of white at the lower right. Above, the sky is built in horizontal washes — gray-blue storm clouds pressing down over a strip of warm ochre and pink light at the horizon. Vertical streaks of rain drag through the upper half of the canvas. The whole image is constructed in fast, flat strokes that mirror the lateral movement of the train.