Paintings of France, Italy and Beyond

A Corner of Giverny

6 02 2007

Today’s painting is of a corner full of flowers in the village of Giverny, where Claude Monet made his home. It measures 8×8″ and is oil on gallery wrapped canvas. The edges of this painting are finished off with a complimentary green color, so no other framing is needed:

I think it was probably Monet who started the trend of pink stucco houses with green shutters, but there are several buildings in this little town with this color combination. While I’m sure the plantings are intentional and well-planned, hollyhocks, roses, lilies, and other flowers seemed to just grow out of any available stone crevice in this town. I sure wish I could say the same for my own garden!

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Date : 6 February 2007
Categories : Garden paintings, French Landscapes

2 responses to “A Corner of Giverny”

12 02 2007: ariane (15:01:44) :

Greetings from Giverny! I love the colors of your painting with all these summer flowers.
Actually Monet bought a house which was already pink, but he had the grey shutters turned into a bright green.
These days ther aren’t many flowers in the streets of Giverny, it will begin in May with the Irises.
13 02 2007: jennifereyoung (10:50:21) :

Greetings Ariane! Thank you for your nice comments about my little painting. I appreciate the clarification on the pink house. I did wonder about that. I think I assumed Monet intentionally painted it himself because the complimentary colors pink and pale green, seemed like artist\’s colors. I think the gray shutters sound like a pretty combination also though.

You must be looking forward to those irises…they will be here before we know it.

Best wishes,
Jennifer