Reading Journal Entry #1

The Olive Trees by Vincent Von Gough Von Gough painted this painting in complementary with the famous painting The Starry Night . He had gone to an Aylsum in south France where from there he sent his brother Theo a letter stating the painting he had done. The fact that the picture gives you the feel of a moving picture makes this painting more attracted to the eye. I always have had a fascination with trees and here he has painted olive trees that seem to be moving by wind . What makes this more interesting is that he painted this in an Asylum with complementary with The Starry Night . Which we know represents the fear of death in a humble quite night, right along with a beautiful sky with large stars. This painting gives you the thought of peaceful and the love in nature before thinking of the fear with death. So in conclusion this painting will come first to a viewer. As a class this might be an interesting painting to discuss because the painter himself makes you wonder what was going through his head as he painted it. I would enjoy to hearing what my colleagues with thinking out this painting .