Birds Canvas Painting Van Gogh the work makes a confident

the work makes a confident statement piece

A tall black-and-white striped lighthouse stands firm on a craggy outcrop as the sea heaves around it in this vertical seascape

The painting holds all the working charm of a tucked-away harbour

lending scale to the colossal planet at the centre

downy feel

Birds Canvas Painting Van Gogh the work makes a confidentThis atmospheric scene captures a flight of white egrets rising together above the still surface of a misty wetland, their wings caught mid beat in a moment of pure motion. Painted in soft washes of slate blue, teal and silvery grey, the birds glow against a hazy backdrop of overhanging branches and dappled light. One heron stretches low towards the water while others soar upward, their pale plumage luminous amid the cool, dreamlike mist. The loose,