Mini Masterpiece from the
Denver Botanic Gardens Series
Original oil on panel 12” x 6”
I’ve
been creating a series of paintings from
a late season visit to the
Denver
Botanic Gardens. This painting is a
humble homage to some of my favorite painters – of course, Monet, but also
Gustav Klimt. Why Klimt? We always think of Monet, the master, when it
comes to waterlilies, but for some reason Klimt kept coming to me as I
contemplated this painting.
Gustav
Klimt, known for his gorgeous mosaic-like masterworks such as “the Kiss”, also
created many landscape, lake and garden paintings. Many of these paintings were created in a long
vertical format. The composition,
mosaic-like brushstrokes and water all remind me of Klimt’s ethereal paintings. As artists, we are often inspired by those who have come before us – whose hand and eye have translated the world into
unique expressions of beauty and grace.
