Black Background Landscape Painting Van Gogh The oceans run from pale

The oceans run from pale turquoise near the coasts to a deep

slender pine trunks rise in dense ranks through a shadowed forest

The piece evokes the slow beauty of a Mediterranean mountain retreat

Its woolly fleece is rendered in creamy whites streaked with warm ochre and grey

The lighting is crisp and generous

Black Background Landscape Painting Van Gogh The oceans run from paleA wooded riverbank glows out of deep darkness in this richly textured abstract landscape. Against an inky black and teal ground, foliage blazes in bursts of amber, rust and ochre, the impasto strokes flecked with white sparks like sunlight scattering through autumn leaves. At the centre, a still stretch of water mirrors the warm canopy and the cool, misty light breaking between the trees. The thick, palette knife texture gives the scene a brooding,