Where Colors Breathe in Brushstrokes - Claude Monet's Water Garden - Metal artwork grasses rise

grasses rise

To honor his great love of flowers

Photo Credit: Craig Kleber

Photographed during the chilling freeze of a formidable midwestern winter day

And quickly dissolved the boundaries between reality and the unknown

Where Colors Breathe in Brushstrokes - Claude Monet's Water Garden - Metal artwork grasses riseIt took me some time to understand my water lilies. It takes more than a day to get under your skin. And then all at once, I had the revelation how wonderful my pond was and reached for my palette. Ive hardly had any other subject since that moment. Claude Monet Walking through a path in the woods at Monets home in Giverny, France, the forest suddenly gives way to a visceral dream: Claude Monets magnificent water garden. Its beauty and serenity are