Giverny

The highlight of my trip, which from my long list is a hard thing to choose from, was the day Sam and I went to Monet's house in Giverny. You take the train, that follows the Seine, to his home and gardens. They don't let artists in to paint until after they close, around 5:30, but since I was the only painter there that day, they let me have the run of the place and I could paint anywhere I wanted. We went through the tunnel to the lily pond and I set up while Sam knitted new designs for "Wool & the Gang". I think we are in about 500 holiday photos taken by Japanese tourists, and one British gentlemen stopped to comment "Does life get any better than this?" I replied that "two glasses of red would be good, but no, other than that, it doesn't."

So the painting is much softer than I normally paint, but I really liked the way it turned out, and think it represents the feel of the gardens. Very "Monet-ish" It will be a good one for the show at Ella Richardson's Fine Art next week.

"Monet's Lily Ponds" 12x12