Autumn Watercolour Fox Painting Van Gogh This painting speaks of expedition

This painting speaks of expedition

This finely drawn scene gathers a dense crowd of sunflowers across a mountain valley

snow-dusted peaks rise into a sky where the first warm light of day tints the clouds rose and gold

all hush and gentle light

gilded from edge to edge in radiant gold

Autumn Watercolour Fox Painting Van Gogh This painting speaks of expeditionRendered in loose, expressive watercolour, this fox stands alert atop a weathered tree stump, one forepaw raised as if caught mid step. The artist lets pigment bleed and pool, so the orange coat flares against a feathered white chest while dabs of crimson and ochre suggest a forest of falling maple leaves around it. Bare tree trunks rise as pale washes in the background, and the broken, painterly texture of the stump grounds the animal with rough,