Van Gogh Spring Painting Frame:Poplar prestige while distant blue hills and

while distant blue hills and scattered shrubs soften the horizon

white walls and soft wool blankets

orange and turquoise contrasts sing against pale blue

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

White-barked aspens flank the banks

Van Gogh Spring Painting Frame:Poplar prestige while distant blue hills andThis 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