I became fascinated by this painting when I learned there were grasshopper remains in it. I read a couple of articles about it and, apparently, this isn’t uncommon when artists are working outside, as Van Gogh was when he painted Olive Trees at the psychiatric hospital in the Rhône Valley where he spent the last year of his life and which is typically quite windy. One of the articles noted that there are, “No signs of a struggle,” which means the grasshopper was likely dead when it blew into the painting.
I don’t know why this factoid decided to occupy so much of my brain space. I think I just love little tidbits that make famous works of art personal.
Golden Paints acrylics and Scupley on 8×10 canvas board.
I became fascinated by this painting when I learned there were grasshopper remains in it. I read a couple of articles about it and, apparently, this isn’t uncommon when artists are working outside, as Van Gogh was when he painted Olive Trees at the psychiatric hospital in the Rhône Valley where he spent the last year of his life and which is typically quite windy. One of the articles noted that there are, “No signs of a struggle,” which means the grasshopper was likely dead when it blew into the painting.
I don’t know why this factoid decided to occupy so much of my brain space. I think I just love little tidbits that make famous works of art personal.
Golden Paints acrylics and Scupley on 8×10 canvas board.
