Van Gogh Spring Painting Frame:Poplar prestige overcast sky

overcast sky

the kind that ends with the scent of woodsmoke and the year turning quietly inward

orange and turquoise contrasts sing against pale blue

White-barked aspens flank the banks

Behind him

Van Gogh Spring Painting Frame:Poplar prestige overcast skyThis verdant woodland scene draws the eye into a sunlit garden glade where slender birch trunks rise pale against a dense tapestry of summer green. The foreground bursts with wildflowers, dabs of white, yellow and flecks of red scattered through tall meadow grass, while a faint earthen path winds back into the shaded thicket of trees. Van Gogh builds the foliage from thousands of short, energetic strokes, layering emerald, olive and deep forest tones