Delicious Solitude

This watercolour painting enchants me, just as Frank Bramley's painting enchanted me, of which this painting is a pastiche (imitation or evocation of the style). I love its atmosphere, both bucolic and sophisticated. At first glance, I would have sworn it was a painting by Claude Monet, but no, this young woman reading in the coolness of a peaceful garden is a work dated 1909 and produced by the post-impressionist British painter. I opted for a more open framing and my interpretation of the foliage invites the light in. One can feel that I enjoyed painting the lace, my little personal tribute to my grandmother who was a lace-maker in Calais (France). Displaying a little old-fashioned romantic feeling, this painting finally emanates a sentiment of inner peace, of quality of the moment which makes it the ideal image for a reading room, or a bedroom.