Van Gogh in a Field with Crows

Van Gogh in a Field With Crows

Oil Paint on Canvas 2007

I have not painted in a while. I have never been able to grasp painting fully, but what I like about it is the story it tells. Wheat field with Crows is mistakenly believed to be Van Gogh's last painting, but it was one of his last. Three days before Van Gogh died he went out into a field and shot himself in the chest. He managed to make his way back surviving the three days later dying from that wound. In every one of his paintings Van Gogh's passion can be seen. His instability fueled some of the greatest works of art. The concept for this painting is that Van Gogh's bled for his passions and every brush stroke shows that. The crows fly around as these mystical creatures spawned from the mind-scape of a man so disturbed, yet beautiful in his creations. As with many of Van Gogh's works the theme of man's mortality is in this painting. Van Gogh died an obscure artist, but his works lived on and he has become immortal.