Textured Wildflower Meadow on Black Painting Van Gogh lending the subject the air

lending the subject the air of a masked performer

The painting evokes the timeless ritual of a Norman seaside resort

pale aqua drapery dissolves into a wash of warm cream

A scene that lets the calm of a snowbound lane settle into the room

Textured Wildflower Meadow on Black Painting Van Gogh lending the subject the airThis expressive horizontal composition scatters a tangle of wildflowers across a midnight blue ground worked in thick, visible brush and palette knife strokes. Scarlet poppies, magenta anemones, electric blue cornflowers, sunshine yellow buds and pale daisies seem to float on slender stems, their petals built up in impasto ridges that catch the light. Fine sprays of foliage and tiny flecks of white drift between the larger blooms, lending a sense of a