Jardim de verão de Christine

Kiss of the wind, touch of the sun, the feelings of my summer garden.

This painting is a departure from strict abstractionism veering to the boundary with impressionism. The buyer who commissioned this painting was attracted to Svetlana’s Garden- a strictly abstract work. As I was developing the painting I was pulled quite unintendedly but inexorably towards a work teetering on impressionism. The work reminded me of Monet’s movement to abstractionism, especially some of his later waterlilies paintings. So, I found myself pulled into the realm between impressionism and abstractionism. I have since discovered that others have seen this movement by Monet, and have made research and published on Monet’s journey in this regard.
See Monet et l’abstraction (Monet and Abstraction) by Paloma Alarco.