A day in the life of a ..... Sunflower.

The sun is reflected in the sunflower and carries that sunshine through the day and darkest night....

Van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo in August 1888, 'I am hard at it, painting with the enthusiasm of a Marseillais eating bouillabaisse, which won't surprise you when you know that what I'm at is the painting of some sunflowers. If I carry out this idea there will be a dozen panels. So the whole thing will be a symphony in blue and yellow. I am working at it every morning from sunrise on, for the flowers fade so quickly. I am now on the fourth picture of sunflowers. This fourth one is a bunch of 14 flowers ... it gives a singular effect.'

The dying flowers are built up with thick brushstrokes (impasto).

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Experimental
• Short
• Film
• Documentary
• sunflower
• horner
• Dundee
• scotland
• sun
• sky
• night

[MeredithWaters]

Very touching. Heartbreaking and exhilarating but simple. So well done :-)

[SunFlower3Happy]

Speaking To Sky.

Sing To Sun.

[girasolrosa]

wonderfull!

It's like watching life from the point of the sunflower

[bboymarcel]

thanks alot!!! .-)