Blue and White Flower Painting Van Gogh snow-tipped peaks behind

snow-tipped peaks behind

Clusters of orange and russet coconuts hang heavy where the leaves meet the slender

steeped in the damp stillness of an autumn morning

The painting glows with the light of a perfect midday

Cool blue-greens and teal sweep through this tall bamboo painting

Blue and White Flower Painting Van Gogh snow-tipped peaks behindTwo white lilies open boldly across this painting, their broad petals curling back to reveal slender stamens tipped with rust brown anthers and a tender pale green throat. A furled bud waits patiently below, still wrapped tight in green, while long tapering leaves arch outward from the single upright stem. The flowers are set against a softly brushed sky blue ground, worked in loose, visible strokes that let the white blooms glow all the brighter by