Today is the 90th anniversary of the death of Oscar-Claude Monet, father of impressionist painting. Monet was driven to document the French countryside by painting the same scenes repeatedly under differing light conditions throughout the seasons.
He is best known for his paintings of the water lilies which he cultivated in his man-made ponds at Giverny, about 50 miles (80 km) from Paris. To be honest I can understand his fascination with these beautiful flowers, although painting them day in and day out for over 20 years is nothing less than obsessive.
Although we do not have lily ponds at our house we are fortunate enough to have giant lily pond near us at Longwood Gardens and I offer these photographs of these wonderful blooms as an homage to the great painter.
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The first one appears to be lit from above. How does the reflected image of the underside of the petals appear?
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The flowers are lit from all sides at night. They really know how to show them at their best there, Brian. Other than a little sharpening none of these images have been manipulated, the lilies really are that beautiful.
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These are beautiful, Richard! I’m really enjoying your work.
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Thank you, Jodi. Glad you like it!
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