Fir Tree at Sunset Lake Painting Van Gogh sits against a wide desert

sits against a wide desert horizon washed in the soft apricot and gold of a setting sun

Drawn from the moody grandeur of a stormy coast

This warm photographic scene catches the sun sinking low behind a wooded lakeshore

primal and commanding

plum and warm grey

Fir Tree at Sunset Lake Painting Van Gogh sits against a wide desertA single towering fir tree stands at the heart of this painting, its dark green silhouette rising against a blazing sky of amber, coral and molten gold. Behind it, a still lake mirrors the warmth of the setting sun, while a cluster of smaller conifers fades into the cool blue mist along the far shore. The brushwork is loose and expressive, the clouds streaked with fiery orange where the last light breaks through. There is a hushed, almost reverent