Northern Lights Landscape Painting Van Gogh early-day energy

early-day energy

while tall golden reeds lean into the scene

Its blues and crisp whites work hand in hand with charcoal

lending the whole an air of dreamlike Victorian invention

polished concrete and brushed brass fittings without competing with them

Northern Lights Landscape Painting Van Gogh early-day energyVivid curtains of magenta, violet and electric green rain down from a deep starlit sky in this sweeping panoramic vista. The aurora falls in vertical streaks behind a horizon of low snow dusted mountains, while tall pines stand sentinel on either edge of the frame. A vast snowfield rolls across the foreground, tinged lilac and blue by the coloured glow overhead. The wide format and saturated hues give the scene a cinematic grandeur, the heavens ablaze