Vincent van Gogh completed the Boats Painting- Fishing Boats on the Beach at Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer in 1888, after spending time sketching on the shore of the Mediterranean fishing village. At the end of May 1888, People Paintings van Gogh left Arles for a week to visit the coastal town of Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer. He was fascinated by the colours of the Mediterranean and by the little green, red, blue boats, so pretty in shape and colour that one thought of flowers. Building Paintings He painted this canvas on his return to his studio in Arles based on studies he had made earlier on location. Oil Paintings for sale There is a high level of control in van Gogh's composition, with its nearly even division of land and sky and the boats positioned to break through the division and unite the separate zones. Famous Paintings Even the color is controlled, and individual objects are bound within black contour lines.
and how the sun is hitting the moon over the horizion and I am just standing on this planet in between the two staring upward, it makes me feel...present.