Starry night 1889

This is one of Van Gogh‘s most well known pieces of work. Unlike the majority of his work Starry night was painted from memory and not out in the landscape.

I tried to draw this painting in 10mins… Everything in this painting should moving and spinning in Van Gogh’s eyes.

Many great works are often created in the state of the artist’s mental disorder. The painting “Irises” was created bin hie time the madhouse. Van Gogh saw a cluster of Irises on the outside through the fence, the beauty of life around him, he completed painting in the despair and hope, pain and relief to find a balance.

After he discharged, although his life was very clam but his heart was very entanglement, the complex emotional and mental illness make him feel fear and helplessness. The wheat swing in the wind, the ravens like dreadful stains fly though the sky, makes him hard to breath. He completed the painting in grief and emptiness.

“Exorcism ritual”