Painting of Owls Van Gogh flanked by darker companions and

flanked by darker companions and trailing a haze of kicked-up dust

leading the gaze along the vertical rhythm of the trunk

The painting honours the stag as a noble symbol of the wild

The painting speaks of mountain pasture

Painting of Owls Van Gogh flanked by darker companions andTwo barn owls nestle close together on a gnarled branch, their pale heart shaped faces turned softly towards one another against a glowing amber sky. A full moon rises behind a tangle of bare, twisting branches, casting a warm honeyed light over their cream and chestnut plumage. Below them, the hollow of an ancient trunk forms a dark, sheltering nook, every knot and ridge of bark rendered in fine detail. There is a tender, almost romantic stillness to