Artwork Flower Painting Van Gogh anchoring an interior with natural

anchoring an interior with natural depth

The heavy impasto gives the whole village a warm

rust and bronze palette pairs handsomely with leather furnishings

It suits a panelled drawing room above a bench

letting cobalt bleed into slate grey and pale ochre so that the stone seems half dissolved in sea mist

Artwork Flower Painting Van Gogh anchoring an interior with naturalThis sumptuous floral still life gathers an abundant bouquet spilling from a woven wicker basket, painted in the rich tradition of the old Flemish masters. Pink and white tulips, blue hydrangeas, a creamy magnolia, scarlet lilies and ivory anemones crowd together against a deep, shadowed background of dark foliage. Smaller blooms, seed heads and a striped shell tumble onto the ledge below the basket, every petal caught in soft, glowing light. The