Autumn Watercolour Fox Painting Van Gogh in a panelled study

in a panelled study

as though the butterfly were caught mid-pause on a breezy summer morning

soulful brown eyes

This finely drawn scene gathers a dense crowd of sunflowers across a mountain valley

The warm browns and gilded greens settle comfortably alongside leather

Autumn Watercolour Fox Painting Van Gogh in a panelled studyRendered in loose, expressive watercolour, this fox stands alert atop a weathered tree stump, one forepaw raised as if caught mid step. The artist lets pigment bleed and pool, so the orange coat flares against a feathered white chest while dabs of crimson and ochre suggest a forest of falling maple leaves around it. Bare tree trunks rise as pale washes in the background, and the broken, painterly texture of the stump grounds the animal with rough,