Brush Strokes the nature of color in Monet’s garden
In 1890, painter Claude Monet designed his garden in Giverny, France the way he did everything--against all convention in an era when structure and order prevailed. Each bloom was intended to represent a brushstroke in a garden both evoking and serving as inspiration for his paintings.
My photographs of the garden set the scene. Unusual color combinations create shimmering layers of color that reflect the light of Normandy skies.
Working from my own observations, sketches and color studies from a week in this remarkable garden, I use colored pencils like paint, mixing the complex hues of each bloom. Each drawing defines a ‘brushstroke’ in the vast Impressionist’s palette that is the garden of Claude Monet.
Colored Pencil, mixed media • = SOLD
My photographs of the garden set the scene. Unusual color combinations create shimmering layers of color that reflect the light of Normandy skies.
Working from my own observations, sketches and color studies from a week in this remarkable garden, I use colored pencils like paint, mixing the complex hues of each bloom. Each drawing defines a ‘brushstroke’ in the vast Impressionist’s palette that is the garden of Claude Monet.
Colored Pencil, mixed media • = SOLD
VIOLET | PINK, Tulip • ©2017
YELLOW | PINK, Tulip • ©2017
THE JAPANESE BRIDGE • ©2017
BLUE, Camas Lily • ©2017
VIOLET | RED, Tulip • ©2017
RED, Anemone Wisteria • ©2017
ORANGE, Geum • ©2017
GRANDE ALEE ©2017
YELLOW, Tulip • ©2017
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MAISON MONET • ©2017
WHITE, Apple Blossom • ©2017
VIOLET, Wisteria • ©2017
VIOLET | BLUE , Anemone • ©2017
GARDEN PATH ©2017
RED, Parrot Tulip • ©2017
ORANGE | YELLOW, Wallflower • ©2017
PINK | ORANGE, Tulip • ©2017
VIOLET | PINK, Dogwood • ©2017
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