This is actually a photo, rather than a Van Gogh painting, although they look so familiar and similar to each other. This was captured from an elevated roadway passing a farmer tending his fields; and by creating a wide enough angle, the expansive view added to the overall composition, with the series of harmonious colors working well together.
Served as Assistant Director in charge of Exhibits at Smithsonian's Natioal Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., also instrumental in building IMAX theater at museum, serve as Executive Producer of Galapagos, a 3d IMAX film for the museum, serevrd on various board and/or advisor to useums. Took up photography after retiring in 2007, still very much as amateur.