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“Arles Tree”
9” x 12” Pastel
$100 © Sharon Lewis Click Here to Purchase |
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.
