Lost In Monets Garden

A few years ago, I took myself to Giverny in France to where Monet had lived and built the most beautiful garden which features in a lot of his paintings. I was enthralled and deeply moved while wandering through his natural art studio. There is a calmness and serenity in the spaces he planted. I have used a photo I took on this trip as a reference for this painting & as I am drawn into it, I can still feel the emotions I had then.
I have used a palette knife for this painting using an impressionistic style, and softened the effect with a cold wax medium.

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Leoni Hines (born in Brisbane) now living in Maitland (just out of Newcastle), is an artist working predominantly in oils.

She can’t remember a time when art wasn’t a part of her life, growing up drawing and painting then studying under an incredible art teacher during high school years, helped develop her creative side.

Having a curious & loving relationship with colour and light, she is inspired by the Australian landscape with its ever-changing light and hues. Photography has also played an important part in her creative process capturing moments in time that can be used as a reference or idea for a painting.

Every painting she does contains a piece of her, her heart and soul. She may start off drawing what she sees, but inevitably ends up painting what she feels. She wants people to look at her art and feel the emotion that she has worked into it.

If they do, then she has been successful.