Color and Space Study Artist Vincent Van Gogh "The Starry Night "

Color and Space Study  Artist Vincent Van Gogh "The Starry Night "


There are very limited color used in this painting yet it created a strong sense of movement, energy by contrast and gradation. The tall dark olive tree establishes the foreground  while the small overlapping houses and hillside creates the stable middle ground. Finally the background night sky painted in light yellow and various shades of blue using strong visual texture strokes counter-balance the rest of the painting. This beautiful painting artfully captured the essence of combining color, shapes and lines to create an illusion of vast space and emotionally calming landscape with flowing night sky.