Animating the Landscape - Van Gogh

Of all of Van Gogh's work, I find his landscapes most inspiring. Each part of the view is animated, as if it has a spirit unto itself. The sky, the trees, shrubs, and fields move in colorful, linear patterns.

I'm particularly fond of this drawing, which is one of his later landscape compositions.





Van Gogh, Olive Trees in a Mountain Landscape, 1889