Hollyhock Painting Van Gogh soft blue hills fade layer

soft blue hills fade layer upon layer into the distance under a generous sky of billowing white clouds

A breath of meadow air to greet you each morning

the panorama opens up the space like a distant view glimpsed through fog

flecked with tiny crimson speckles that draw the eye inward

A glacial stream winds through the central panel

Hollyhock Painting Van Gogh soft blue hills fade layerTall stems of hollyhocks rise across this luminous floral scene, their ruffled blooms opening in coral, rose, salmon and soft pink. Buds and half open flowers climb each stalk, while broad green leaves and tendrils weave between them in loose, watercolour soft brushwork. Behind the flowers a hazy garden dissolves into golden light, lending the picture a gentle, sun warmed glow. The effect is one of an old cottage border at the height of summer,