Van Gogh Tree Roots Painting Size:40"x20" making it a heartfelt presence

making it a heartfelt presence in the home

its broad muscular head and pale

prized for their tenderness and restraint

This image speaks of slow mornings by the water and the gentle rhythm of nature at the turn of the season

dark green paintwork and warm woven textiles

Van Gogh Tree Roots Painting Size:40"x20" making it a heartfelt presenceThis intense close up plunges into a tangle of tree roots and gnarled trunks clinging to a sandy bank, painted in the final weeks of Van Gogh's life. There is no sky and no horizon, only a dense weave of blue grey roots, knotted ochre earth and bursts of acid green and yellow that crowd the entire surface. Thick, urgent strokes twist and knot around one another, the wood almost writhing as it grips the crumbling soil. The cropped, abstract framing