Lion Oil Painting on Canvas Van Gogh Two pale curved tusks frame

Two pale curved tusks frame the lowered trunk

Each chartreuse flower reveals a delicate speckled throat

while a single broad leaf curves up in the foreground

of nature breathing slowly and quietly beneath a wide

It sits beautifully in a living room above low shelving or flanking a reading nook

Lion Oil Painting on Canvas Van Gogh Two pale curved tusks frameThis expressive portrait faces the viewer head on, the lion's features built from thick, gestural strokes of palette knife paint. Warm yellows and burnt orange flare through the mane, while streaks of teal green and deep blue cut through from the surrounding foliage, the colours colliding in vigorous, half abstract motion. The eyes hold steady at the centre, calm and direct amid the swirl of impasto texture that makes the surface feel almost three