Nympheus Luminansis, the Project SERIES OF PAINTINGS ON THE THEME OF CLAUDE MONET's waterlilies
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Laurence Saunois in Claude Monet's garden in Giverny.
Why I began this project
In 2017, I took a professional trip not far from the famous garden of the master of impressionism Claude Monet. I had always dreamed of going to visit it because, like Claude Monet, I am a garden and plant enthusiast. I also have a very large garden which has been awarded by the Ministry of the Environment for my good environmental practices and which has the particularity of never being watered. It is the opposite of the garden in Giverny. For me, who lived at the other end of France, in my grandfather's old farmhouse, it was a unique opportunity to see the water garden and the water lilies.
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I built my garden according to the drought resistant plants but especially according to the very particular light that reigns in my region and especially on my hillside property. Long before I became a painter, I was a photographer and I always liked to play with backlighting and natural light. It is with this in mind that I created my garden starting from a blank page of sorts: the meadow where my grandfather grazed his only cow.
My companion and I went to visit this garden. I still remember waiting in front of the house, on the road where the last visitors were chatting before getting their ticket in a joyful atmosphere. It was a beautiful day. We were in autumn at the end of the day. That's why we chose to visit the water garden before the house and the flower garden and to do the opposite of the other visitors. We were almost alone. On the way to the water lilies, a curtain of bamboo was blocking our view. A few more meters and I would realize my dream. Finally, they were there. Beyond the fact of seeing the water lilies, I discovered the master of impressionism's skilful construction, his vision of color and his scales of harmonies. As I walked around the pond, I saw his world and then my world in painting. Each element seemed to come to life through my pictorial imagination. It was as if the surface of the water became a score of musical notes that I deciphered as I went along. I felt every vibration. It was a unique sensation. The house had been deserted by the last visitors and we were lucky to have a guide who was passionate about the life of Claude Monet. There too, the visit of the house only confirmed the impression I had had at the water's edge: moments of incomparable happiness and tranquility. It is while returning to our vehicle that I realized how much I had been overwhelmed by this visit. The overflow of emotions was coming out in the form of tears running down my cheeks when I wasn't crying. For me, it was obvious. I wanted to paint Claude Monet's water lilies, putting on canvas all the range of emotions I had felt.
My companion and I went to visit this garden. I still remember waiting in front of the house, on the road where the last visitors were chatting before getting their ticket in a joyful atmosphere. It was a beautiful day. We were in autumn at the end of the day. That's why we chose to visit the water garden before the house and the flower garden and to do the opposite of the other visitors. We were almost alone. On the way to the water lilies, a curtain of bamboo was blocking our view. A few more meters and I would realize my dream. Finally, they were there. Beyond the fact of seeing the water lilies, I discovered the master of impressionism's skilful construction, his vision of color and his scales of harmonies. As I walked around the pond, I saw his world and then my world in painting. Each element seemed to come to life through my pictorial imagination. It was as if the surface of the water became a score of musical notes that I deciphered as I went along. I felt every vibration. It was a unique sensation. The house had been deserted by the last visitors and we were lucky to have a guide who was passionate about the life of Claude Monet. There too, the visit of the house only confirmed the impression I had had at the water's edge: moments of incomparable happiness and tranquility. It is while returning to our vehicle that I realized how much I had been overwhelmed by this visit. The overflow of emotions was coming out in the form of tears running down my cheeks when I wasn't crying. For me, it was obvious. I wanted to paint Claude Monet's water lilies, putting on canvas all the range of emotions I had felt.
I wanted to create a whole series of large paintings with my own vision of the use of color to bring light to the fore. This project would be called: "Nympheus Luminansis, the water lilies of light".
Back home, I started the first painting of the series: an overview of the water lilies in Claude Monet's garden. A little later, we learned that my companion was suffering from Charcot's disease. This trip to Giverny was the last one he had made while still walking. The disease has evolved. My way of painting also. How to face ineluctable.... by letting go and doing my best. To paint the light, to pour the emotion on the canvas and especially, to provoke the living, here is what made me hold up against the inexorable end. It took me 4 years of inner research, of evolution, of apprehension too, to finalize this canvas which was going to be the beginning of the project of the water lilies of the light.
Back home, I started the first painting of the series: an overview of the water lilies in Claude Monet's garden. A little later, we learned that my companion was suffering from Charcot's disease. This trip to Giverny was the last one he had made while still walking. The disease has evolved. My way of painting also. How to face ineluctable.... by letting go and doing my best. To paint the light, to pour the emotion on the canvas and especially, to provoke the living, here is what made me hold up against the inexorable end. It took me 4 years of inner research, of evolution, of apprehension too, to finalize this canvas which was going to be the beginning of the project of the water lilies of the light.
At the beginning....
Hello everyone, today is November 14, 2020. Why did I choose this date to show you, to unveil one of the most ambitious projects of my career? It's because today is the anniversary of Claude Monet's birth.
In 2017, I had the chance to visit his garden and his house and I fell in admiration for what he had created. I simply wanted to pay tribute to him. So I decided, from this visit, to create a whole series of paintings of his water lilies. So, obviously, it has nothing to do with the way Claude Monet painted. The painting you see behind me is the beginning of a series.
I have a huge amount of work to do on it, especially since it's completely different from the approach I had to animal painting. It's a different research but just as exciting and I would like to share this adventure with you.
In any case, I hope that you will find yourself there, that you will always love what I do, that you will always support me as much, because that's really important. It's kind of the essence of what makes an artist move forward. It's about pleasing people who look at his art, it's about provoking emotions, and I hope that, frankly, this project and these paintings will provoke emotions in you. I hope you'll like, comment, share everything I'm going to post about it.
This great adventure is going to be called "Nympheus Luminansis ©, the water lilies of light.
I really thank you for following me, for encouraging me even when I'm not very present on social networks because, indeed, I can't be and on social networks and take care of a project like this. And thank you again for your support which warms my heart and pushes me to go always further.
In 2017, I had the chance to visit his garden and his house and I fell in admiration for what he had created. I simply wanted to pay tribute to him. So I decided, from this visit, to create a whole series of paintings of his water lilies. So, obviously, it has nothing to do with the way Claude Monet painted. The painting you see behind me is the beginning of a series.
I have a huge amount of work to do on it, especially since it's completely different from the approach I had to animal painting. It's a different research but just as exciting and I would like to share this adventure with you.
In any case, I hope that you will find yourself there, that you will always love what I do, that you will always support me as much, because that's really important. It's kind of the essence of what makes an artist move forward. It's about pleasing people who look at his art, it's about provoking emotions, and I hope that, frankly, this project and these paintings will provoke emotions in you. I hope you'll like, comment, share everything I'm going to post about it.
This great adventure is going to be called "Nympheus Luminansis ©, the water lilies of light.
I really thank you for following me, for encouraging me even when I'm not very present on social networks because, indeed, I can't be and on social networks and take care of a project like this. And thank you again for your support which warms my heart and pushes me to go always further.
Discover Claude Monet's Garden and House
At the beginning....
Hello everyone, today is November 14, 2020. Why did I choose this date to show you, to unveil one of the most ambitious projects of my career? It's because today is the anniversary of Claude Monet's birth.
In 2017, I had the chance to visit his garden and his house and I fell in admiration for what he had created. I simply wanted to pay tribute to him. So I decided, from this visit, to create a whole series of paintings of his water lilies. So, obviously, it has nothing to do with the way Claude Monet painted. The painting you see behind me is the beginning of a series.
I have a huge amount of work to do on it, especially since it's completely different from the approach I had to animal painting. It's a different research but just as exciting and I would like to share this adventure with you.
In any case, I hope that you will find yourself there, that you will always love what I do, that you will always support me as much, because that's really important. It's kind of the essence of what makes an artist move forward. It's about pleasing people who look at his art, it's about provoking emotions, and I hope that, frankly, this project and these paintings will provoke emotions in you. I hope you'll like, comment, share everything I'm going to post about it.
This great adventure is going to be called "Nympheus Luminansis ©, the water lilies of light.
I really thank you for following me, for encouraging me even when I'm not very present on social networks because, indeed, I can't be and on social networks and take care of a project like this. And thank you again for your support which warms my heart and pushes me to go always further.
In 2017, I had the chance to visit his garden and his house and I fell in admiration for what he had created. I simply wanted to pay tribute to him. So I decided, from this visit, to create a whole series of paintings of his water lilies. So, obviously, it has nothing to do with the way Claude Monet painted. The painting you see behind me is the beginning of a series.
I have a huge amount of work to do on it, especially since it's completely different from the approach I had to animal painting. It's a different research but just as exciting and I would like to share this adventure with you.
In any case, I hope that you will find yourself there, that you will always love what I do, that you will always support me as much, because that's really important. It's kind of the essence of what makes an artist move forward. It's about pleasing people who look at his art, it's about provoking emotions, and I hope that, frankly, this project and these paintings will provoke emotions in you. I hope you'll like, comment, share everything I'm going to post about it.
This great adventure is going to be called "Nympheus Luminansis ©, the water lilies of light.
I really thank you for following me, for encouraging me even when I'm not very present on social networks because, indeed, I can't be and on social networks and take care of a project like this. And thank you again for your support which warms my heart and pushes me to go always further.