Where Colors Breathe in Brushstrokes - Claude Monet's Water Garden - AcrylicIt 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

"Tree in Fog" emerged in the liminal space where atmosphere and form converged

Photographed during the chilling freeze of a formidable midwestern winter day

light and atmosphere

Claude Monet's Home: Giverny

Photo Credit: Carrie King

brooding skies - I found myself contemplating some of life's deeper questions

it's an exquisite space where I found a momentary sense of bliss and transcendence

Location: Durham Botanical Gardens

Looming large on the Midwestern prairie

It takes more than a day to get under your skin

A silent requiem for all that has slipped away - disappearing into its shadows

timeless old stories and stands as a portal to the sublime spaces where dreams take form