the traveller over the sea of clouds x de staelIn this abstract version of The Traveller above the Sea of Clouds, Caspar David Friedrich's work takes on a whole new dimension in the manner of Nicolas de Stal. The shapes of the landscape and the figure are simplified into broad, textured, luminous flat tints of colour. Shades of blue, pink and white are superimposed, creating a soothing, melancholy atmosphere in which contours disappear in favour of a harmonious composition. This pared down