Walking in the Footsteps of Vincent Van Gogh

“Arles Tree”    9” x 12”    Pastel     $100   © Sharon Lewis
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           Today’s painting is of a location in Arles, France where Van Gogh is known to have painted. This came about as a result of a really fun painting idea that my friend Karen Margulis had. One evening we had what she called a “virtual paintout” using Google Maps and zoomed in on interesting views in Arles and painted from these views.  We also had fun painting in the style of Van Gogh, which I think you can see in this painting. He often used interesting directional strokes which gave even ordinary scenes a kind of frenetic excitement. I have loved Van Gogh’s paintings for years and must have 5 or 6 books with reproductions of his work.