What Strikes My Fancy

JULES BEKUTI

The Wind That Shakes The Dune Grass II , Detail - Isabella Werkhoven , 2025- 26.

Dutch , b. 1969 -

Maynard Dixon

‘The last canvas absolutely kills all the rest,’ Vincent van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo about ‘The Harvest’.

He describes a landscape filled with ‘old gold, bronze, copper in everything’ beneath a ‘heated white-hot’ sky – capturing the intensity of the southern sun.

For Vincent, this painting meant more than success. It marked a turning point:

‘So perhaps, perhaps, I’m on the right track and my eye’s adapting to nature here.’

A moment where he felt he was finally seeing – and painting – the landscape as he intended.

Circe's Palace (1907)

Dappled Porch - Jim Holland , 2022.

American , b. 1955 -