Black and White Landscape Oil Painting Van Gogh drifting cloud

drifting cloud

a gentle valley opens onto a quiet lake

A single fish fills this dramatic composition

An inspiring horizon that turns an ordinary wall into a moment of reach and possibility

dotted with pale green and blue foliage that dissolves into a hazy

Black and White Landscape Oil Painting Van Gogh drifting cloudPainted in soft charcoal greys, this upright scene leads the eye down a quiet forest stream towards a snow dusted summit veiled in drifting cloud. Tall pines frame the composition on either side, their dark silhouettes leaning over a shallow, stone strewn brook that mirrors the pale sky above. Mist gathers between the trees in the middle distance, softening the rocks and lending the whole valley a hushed, painterly stillness. A scattering of birds