You can understand why Monet was so taken by his garden. Flowers in their variety of form and vibrant colours are a great source of inspiration, each seems to have a character all of its own. The thing that strikes me about flowers is that it's hard to beat the real thing. I've never seen a more beautiful painting of flowers than a Renoir still life in the Impressionists exhibition at the RSA last year, they seemed alive and moving on the canvas.
You can understand why Monet was so taken by his garden. Flowers in their variety of form and vibrant colours are a great source of inspiration, each seems to have a character all of its own. The thing that strikes me about flowers is that it's hard to beat the real thing. I've never seen a more beautiful painting of flowers than a Renoir still life in the Impressionists exhibition at the RSA last year, they seemed alive and moving on the canvas.
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