Shrine Painting 3

$100 [+shipping] : Oil on panel : 8 x 8 inches :

I have been looking a lot lately at Monet's Rouen Cathedral series of paintings.  These paintings are really groundbreaking for their attempt to capture a fleeting aspect of our experience.  They are in a way the first conceptual works of art because when viewed together they create a sense that Monet was actually able to depict time as time actually exists to us.  Think about that for a while as it is much more profound an accomplishment than it may at first sound. What I am learning with my series paintings is that it is not just shifting light that is conveyed in a series of paintings of the same subject but the shifting mood of the artist as well.  In this painting for example it seems at first that compared to the others a shift in light has occurred, perhaps from being painted at a different time of day.  In fact though this painting was done in the same lighting conditions as the others and has instead captured a shift in my perceptual mood when I was more sensitive or drawn to expressing a higher key painting with warmer tones. If you would like to read more on Monet's Cathedral series there is an excellent article here at The Art Wolf.