This is one of our trees in the back yard. It is an American Elm and it is telling us Spring is here. We have been getting a lot of rain and chilly weather. It was much warmer last year at this time, but I believe the Elm is right and the warmer weather will be here soon.
“…and then, I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough?”
~Vincent Willem Van Gogh~
Thanks for visiting friends, and have
A great day and week ahead.
Vincent Willem Van Gogh (30 March, 1853 - 29 July, 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. In just over a decade he created approximately 2100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings, most of them in the last two years of his life. His oeuvre includes landscapes, still lifes, portraits and self-portraits, most of which are characterized by bold colors and dramatic brushstrokes that contributed to the rise of expressionism in modern art.
Born into an upper-middle-class family, as a young man Van Gogh worked as an art dealer, often traveling, but became depressed after he was transferred to London. He turned to religion and spent time as a missionary in southern Belgium. Later he drifted into ill-health and solitude. He was keenly aware of modernist trends in art and, while back with his parents, took up painting in 1881. His younger brother, Theo, supported him financially, and the two of them maintained a long correspondence.
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