After Vincent Van Gogh’s “Bedroom in Arles” 1889
The accompanying drawing is a mixed media rendering of Vincent Van Gogh's "Bedroom in Arles" 1889 by Cynthia Gallaher, in chalk pastel, coloured pencil and fine-lined marker.
Van Gogh’s original drawing depicts his bedroom, as the title suggests, with a focus on the yellow bed, red floor and blue walls of the small room. His style is vibrant not entirely realistic - the perspective is always slightly off, but it creates a feeling the viewer unmistakable to any other artist. Van Gogh speaks in colour the way other painters speak in form: his colours transcend the page and become almost sounds, calling to the viewer to enter the bright world of his painting. This painting is no different.