How to grow a Van Gogh

October 21 2015

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Picture: Smithsonian.com

Via Danny Lewis on Smithsonian.com:

It took [landscape artist Stan] Herd six months of digging and planting to recreate van Gogh's 1889 painting, which currently on display at the MIA. To mimic the artist's iconic brushwork, Herd grew patches of pumpkins, squash, watermelons and cantaloupes, while arranging mulch, rocks and soil to create darker lines, according to Nick Mafi at Architectural Digest.

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