Monet

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Part of the Spirits of Art series — a collection of portraits dedicated to legendary artists whose influence continues to live beyond time. Here Claude Monet dissolves into the garden he loved. The skeletal face is almost lost among broken strokes of lilac, green and gold, as if the man and his beloved Giverny have finally become one. Light scatters across every petal and leaf, refusing to sit still. This is a gentle kind of mortality — not frightening, but softened by beauty, the way an afternoon slips quietly into evening. To live with this painting is to keep a little of that shifting garden light in the room. Monet chased the fleeting moment his whole life; here his spirit settles peacefully among the flowers he never stopped painting. Acrylic on Canvas 20 x 28 inches