Island Sunset Painting Van Gogh their characteristic slits and holes

their characteristic slits and holes traced in lighter mint and pale green where the brush has caught the form

The bark is rendered in clean white with the dark

dreamlike garden where the fish drift in easy

The palette plays warmly against sage

almost monochrome browns of the setting throw the cool sheen of the fish into sharp relief

Island Sunset Painting Van Gogh their characteristic slits and holesAn aerial view sweeps over a rocky headland at sunset, where the sun sits low and molten on the horizon and lays a brilliant golden path across the water. Rugged islets and a craggy promontory break the surface, foam swirling white where the swell meets the rock. Beyond them, layered silhouettes of distant hills fade into the amber haze of the evening sky. The deep teal of the open sea on the right balances the fiery glow on the left, giving the scene