Well, I am already putting my new National Gallery membership to good use. Beside getting me in free to the permanent galleries, I was able to view a visiting exhibition of 47 paintings by Van Gogh for half the admission price. Which is all to the good since I already saw the show at full price earlier in the season. Landscapes and florals were at the focus and I was struck by how interesting Van Gogh's perspectives are. Faced with a flat field to paint, he put everything on angles to create interest. And he seems to have played with the proportions of foreground, mid-ground and background, with emphasis on the foreground. All different ways of looking at things and placing them in a painting. Much food for thought and inspiration for my own painting. Vincent has given me a new way of looking at things.
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