I've posted a few works that Vincent van Gogh has done, but I just can't get enough of his talent. Awhile back I got to go to The Getty museum and see the Irises painting, (see below) it was incredible to me. I may seem a bit emotional, but I teared up. It was there, right in front of me. If you look in the corners of the frame you can see where the painting stops and the old canvas begins. So many years ago this was painted, and now we get to see the history, an insight into the past. It gives me chills.
If you put me in a room with many movie stars on one side, and a work of Vincent van Gogh's on the other, I would go for Vincent. No doubt. He struggled a lot in his life but never stopped painting. He could paint beauty, even though doctors and specialists would say it looks like he was Bipolar and had Epilepsy. It never stopped him. That makes his work even more important to me. I wonder about what kind of feelings went on in his mind as he painted. He was horribly depressed sometimes, which eventually led to his suicide, but he almost always panted with the brightest, most vibrant colours.
"As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed."
"I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall succeed."
"I see drawings and pictures in the poorest of huts and the dirtiest of corners."
"The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore."
"If you hear a voice within you say, 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced."
-Vincent van Gogh
xoxo,
madeline
