Sardin Oil Painting Van Gogh lending quiet human scale to

lending quiet human scale to the towering forms

The pure black ground anchors industrial and minimalist rooms

The dripped accents and pale background keep the whole piece light

this photograph frames the crown of a single coconut palm against a clear

a hazy mountain rises against a cloud-streaked sky

Sardin Oil Painting Van Gogh lending quiet human scale toThis lively oil painting gathers a shoal of sardines in vigorous palette knife strokes, their silvered bodies streaked with blue, ochre and flashes of warm gold. The fish overlap and angle across the canvas, wide round eyes catching the light as they seem to dart through cool, watery blues and greens behind them. Thick impasto gives every scale and fin a tactile, almost sculptural quality. The energetic handling turns a simple subject into a swirl of