Blue and White Flower Painting Van Gogh The painting brims with vitality

The painting brims with vitality

Cool blue-greens and teal sweep through this tall bamboo painting

snow-tipped peaks behind

The gas giant Jupiter floats against the black of deep space

Clusters of orange and russet coconuts hang heavy where the leaves meet the slender

Blue and White Flower Painting Van Gogh The painting brims with vitalityTwo white lilies open boldly across this painting, their broad petals curling back to reveal slender stamens tipped with rust brown anthers and a tender pale green throat. A furled bud waits patiently below, still wrapped tight in green, while long tapering leaves arch outward from the single upright stem. The flowers are set against a softly brushed sky blue ground, worked in loose, visible strokes that let the white blooms glow all the brighter by