Marieke Geerlings - Tree root

Tree Roots is an abstract-looking painting by the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh. The painting is made with oil paint on canvas. The canvas measures 50.3 x 100.1 centimeters and was made in 1890 in Auvers-sur-Oise. Research has shown that this was probably the painter's last work. This painting was taken as a starting point for the tree shape. The colors are made with engobes, colored clay powder, and transparent glaze on top. Many tests were done to arrive at the correct colors of Van Gogh. The tree is made of ceramic fired at 1180 degrees. The turtle is made of ceramic, glaze and gold luster. Gold luster is a thin layer of real gold, 18 carat, that I fired on the turtle. For gold you have to fire three times, once at 1020 degrees biscuit, then at 1180 degrees with glaze for under the gold and once at 780 degrees for the gold.