WATER LILIES
Claude Monet (1840 - 1926) was a leading French painter of the Impressionist Movement. His “Impression - Sunrise” exhibited in 1874 gave the movement its name. Monet painted outdoors only, at different times of day and in differing atmospheric conditions in order to capture the color values of light. Monet did not outline forms in his pictures, but painted in many short strokes of color. Seen close up, his subjects are difficult to visualize but are perfectly clear when viewed from a distance. He painted many series of the same subject (Water Lilies, Waterloo Bridge, Rouen Cathedral, Haystacks) capturing the blue of dawn, the yellow-white of noon, the red of sunset and the gray of dusk.
This is my rendition of one of Monet’s many water lily paintings. I painted it on 3 separate panels (tryptych), as Monet often did. This is the left panel of the tryptych.
oil on canvas 1983