WATERLILIES
Having studied waterlilies as a subject for over four years now I am just beginning to understand what Monet found so fascinating. The interplay of two visual planes, the vertical almost two dimensional reflection with the horizontal defined by the lily pads, teases the eye into believing in a three dimensional space. The lily pads themselves can be almost iridescent and form infinitely varied abstract patterns. I took advantage of my stay in Paris this year for a long overdue visit to Giverny, in part an homage to Monet and in part to see the lily pond in which he found so much inspiration. I’m afraid I found the whole experience somewhat Disneyesque but it was nice to at least imagine his home as an actual home and studio. Not entirely divorced from my experience at Giverny in May, I decided to set about work converting an old curling pond near my studio in to my own water lily pond. The work now complete, I look forward to experimentation with water lily varieties to populate the pond for next spring and summer which will hopefully add a new dimension to my ongoing water lily studies.
Cascade Reflections Oil on Canvas | 122 x 122 cm | £15500
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