19th Century Landscape Painting Van Gogh full of movement yet easy

full of movement yet easy on the eye

stone and warm taupe

It sits beautifully in a reading corner beside a potted plant

bronze and deep teal in the warm backlight

A grounding presence that brings the quiet power of the highlands indoors

19th Century Landscape Painting Van Gogh full of movement yet easyAn old riverside town glows in the russet light of autumn, its steep slopes crowded with half timbered houses, slate roofs and a slender church spire reaching toward a golden sunset sky. Trees in fiery shades of amber, copper and rust spill down the hillside toward a calm river that threads between the gabled buildings and disappears into a distant valley. Birds wheel above the rooftops as warm light filters through the haze, lending the whole