Pigeon Acrylic Painting Van Gogh gentle eyes

gentle eyes

The background dissolves into a soft pale haze

A wide horizon that lets the eye wander and the mind rest

their canopies dissolving into the haze of dusk

every feather along the neck and wing picked out in crisp

Pigeon Acrylic Painting Van Gogh gentle eyesWorked in soft acrylic strokes, this study shows a pigeon perched on a weathered rock, rendered in close, lifelike detail. Its plumage shifts from slate grey across the wings to an iridescent sheen of green and violet along the neck, with crisp dark bands marking the folded wing and a bright orange eye. Behind it, a dreamy landscape dissolves into hazy trees and pastel washes of lemon yellow, lilac and pale blue, while bare branches and tiny berries