He used rich naturalistic color to create delicately sinuous shapes and silhouettes creating a picturesque scene on the left, and local color creates a misty blanket of unifying light in the scene on the right and offers a beautiful and peaceful atmosphere. His harmoniously balanced compositions evoke the quiet, undisturbed celebration of sublime nature. Van Gogh used color to express feelings and spirituality, and this coloristic composition creates a joyful yet peaceful atmosphere. The ever-present strokes of yellow flowing from the sun provide the sensation of continuous energy and warmth. Van Gogh's vibrant colors in the painting range from cool blues and greens to scorched reds and bright yellows, a hue he used to great effect. There is an inherent variety of colors in the dense green foliage. In the shade the bark and leaves appear bluish-gray