Reading at the Glen Ellyn Bistro Monet in front of a Monet print with Susan of the bistro. Brunch was great!

Reading at Kris Waldherr's Art & Words Gallery in Brooklyn

In the Irish West Country -- photo by Fiona Claire

Writing historical fiction: sometime journal of a New York City novelist

Water lilies and other Monet garden paintings from NYC MOMA exhibit

January 18, 2010

Tags: MOMA, Monet, water lilies, Giverny

It took me a long time to get down to the much-loved exhibit of six of Monet’s late garden paintings, created in his 70s and 80s at Giverny. Fortunately, though the one large exhibit room was crowded, one could still spend some time with the paintings which I did.

Two are very large ( (more…)

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