Women Working in Wheatfield

Arnold Smith
January 2004
Oil on linen
60 x 75 cm.
24 x 30 in.

According to the memoirs of Adeline Ravoux and also Marguerite Gachet, Vincent did not shoot himself in a wheatfield while painting. (as seen in many movies) They say he he shot himself "behind a manure pile, on a nearby farm." As I was creating this painting from a drawing Vincent did from June / July 1890, I could not help thinking "Could this farm be the place where Vincent shot himself?"

The original drawing
(courtesy of www.vggallery.com )

The painting half complete