Barn Owl Canvas Van Gogh Around it the darkness is

Around it the darkness is scattered with pinpoint stars

Slender stems and pale buds rise on tiptoe between the open blooms

the fish glide sideways in loose formation

The energy of the moving water is palpable

half-buried in untouched powder

Barn Owl Canvas Van Gogh Around it the darkness isA small grey screech owl peers out from a snow dusted hollow in a gnarled tree trunk, its amber eyes wide and alert beneath raised ear tufts. The photographic detail captures every flecked feather in shades of slate, ash and silver, perfectly camouflaged against the frosted, lichen marked bark. Snow clings to the crevices around it while soft flakes drift through a cold, pale background, blurring the wintry forest into a hush of white and grey. The