Acrylic Abstract Animal Painting Van Gogh Deep greens and near-black water

Deep greens and near-black water sit well with greige walls

Its turquoise shallows

its vast body curving gently from the deep shadow of its back to the paler

Snow lies thick over the banks

and it holds its own above a reading nook where its eyes seem to keep watch

Acrylic Abstract Animal Painting Van Gogh Deep greens and near-black waterA proud stag stands four square at the centre of this richly textured scene, its broad antlers branching dramatically against a soft, sunlit forest. Painted with thick, gestural strokes, the animal glows in warm tans, russet and amber, its coat catching the golden tones of an autumn woodland. All around, palette knife dashes of ochre, white and muted grey suggest bracken, birch trunks and falling leaves without ever fully resolving. The stag meets the