Northern Lights Landscape Painting Van Gogh untamed movement

untamed movement

while tall golden reeds lean into the scene

the leaf reveals every fine vein and crisp edge

The riotous warm and cool tones spark against neutral greys and pale woods

lending the whole an air of dreamlike Victorian invention

Northern Lights Landscape Painting Van Gogh untamed movementVivid 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