Van Gogh Tree Roots Painting Size:40"x20" The background is a loose

The background is a loose wash of white and ochre

the clouds catching fire around the mountain's crown while cooler blue shadows gather along the lower slopes

terracotta and soft cream

making it a heartfelt presence in the home

Van Gogh Tree Roots Painting Size:40"x20" The background is a looseThis intense close up plunges into a tangle of tree roots and gnarled trunks clinging to a sandy bank, painted in the final weeks of Van Gogh's life. There is no sky and no horizon, only a dense weave of blue grey roots, knotted ochre earth and bursts of acid green and yellow that crowd the entire surface. Thick, urgent strokes twist and knot around one another, the wood almost writhing as it grips the crumbling soil. The cropped, abstract framing