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| Water Lilies Fading Glory |
Do the topics of waterlilies and oil paintings bring impressionist painter Monet to mind for you? I personally love those paintings and as many times as I've seen one of the many renditions of waterlilies by Monet I marvel. Up close they seem like chaotic dots of color, but step back and the real thing emerges. Did you know there are at least 250 known waterlily paintings by Monet? Amazing!
There is great freedom and fun in painting water and water lilies. Monet's paintings have exactly what mine lack- a casual looseness and variety. I wouldn't be able to paint the same subject dozens, never mind hundreds of times. I wonder if Monet's free flowing brushwork comes from his being so familiar with the subject that his psyche practically paints it without conscious thought?
These are not south-of-France waterlilies, but rather New England pond lilies done in a "zoomed in" stilllife style. As the end of summer approaches, the pads start to change color with more read and gold, similar to our foliage.
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