JEAN MESSAGIER, France

I love anything that shines, twinkling ornaments, true light, just like van Gogh, and I'll always remem-
ber the lanterns in front of the town hall in Auvers-sur-Oise on July 14th.

Using his strength and his faith in life, van Gogh recreated that town hall even turned it into a
palace, surrounded with treasures. I felt a great urge to go back there, to be with him and join the party,
but as I wanted to place van Gogh above the whole world even as far as New Guinea, so I changed the
trees into palms.

This is how my "tribute to Vincent van Gogh with palms" came to be.

Jean Messagier, May, 1988.