Every time I go I see something different. I especially love seeing the art… Monet’s, Renior’s, Sargent’s…. Wow!












Posted in Serendipity, Travel, tagged Art, Asheville NC, Biltmore, Claude Monet, Renoir, Sargent on October 6, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Every time I go I see something different. I especially love seeing the art… Monet’s, Renior’s, Sargent’s…. Wow!
Posted in daily painter, tagged brushwork, Claude Monet, Monet, Philadelphia Museum of Art, texture on March 16, 2021| Leave a Comment »
I spent yesterday at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. It was so strange as many times I was the only on in the galleries…but it was wonderful because I got to linger and really study each painting. I will try to share some in the next few days and I hope you can see the close up of the brush work of these amazing painters. The one here, by Claude Monet, is a great example of brushwork and texture. Be sure to try to enlarge the photos and take a look. AMAZING!
Posted in Art Camp, tagged Claude Monet, Monet's waterlily, Waterlilies, Waterlily on June 20, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Yesterday we started another session of Art Camp. This group, with young painters ages 8-13, learned about color mixing and created a color wheel as well as worked on learning to tint color and discover more about color value. We then applied what we learned to our first painting of the session, Claude Monet’s Pink Water Lilies. Nice work everyone. Can’t wait to see how you do today!
Posted in Little Known Facts, tagged Claude Monet, Monet, Venice, water lily on June 30, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Claude Monet’s painting of a Venetian palazzo, “Le Palais Contarini” , dating from 1908, sold for $30.5 million at Sotheby’s this past week.
And it was a bargain compared to the iconic 1906 painting of water lilies, “Nympheas” that sold for $54 million becoming the top sale at the recent auction. Inspired by the lily pond in his garden at Giverny, the work was the second-highest price for a Monet at auction.
Posted in Art Camp, Flowers, tagged acrylic, Art Class, Blue Ridge Arts Council, Claude Monet, impressionism, Monet, Monet's Lilac Irises on June 26, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Art Camp yesterday had us painting our version of Claude Monet’s , (1840-1926) “Lilac Irises”, painted in 1914-17.
The young artists made terrific renditions of Monet’s work. He would be proud!
Posted in Little Known Facts, Trivia, tagged Claude Monet, Giverny, Monet on November 14, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Born on November 14, 1840 in Paris, France, Claude Monet was a founder of Impressionism and is probably it’s best known artist.
The term “impressionism” came from his painting, Impression Sunrise. He may also be the most prolific of the Impressionist painters producing many plein-air impressionist paintings.
Many people think immediately of Giverny and his garden when thinking of Monet. His water-lily paintings are some of his most famous. Read more about Monet here and see his works.
Posted in Art Camp, tagged acrylic, Art Camp, art lessons, Blue Ridge Arts Council, Claude Monet, daily painter, impressionism, Lady with Umbrella, Landscape, Monet, Virginia Artist on June 28, 2013| Leave a Comment »
We wrapped up session 3 of Art Camp with a wonderful Monet painting of the Lady with the Umbrella. We worked on it for two days and these young artists did brilliant job. I am sure their families are excited about the outstanding art that these artists produced this week at Art Camp.
If you have a young artist check out the remaining dates of Art Camp here.