On a recent pilgrimage to the holiest of all places-The National Gallery in London I found a fantastic painting that I had not seen before by Monet. Unlike his large water lilly paintings this is a small more personal experience. Standing before it one realises that questions of surface and illusion are being explored as the viewer goes between realities. Does one focus on the floating lilly's or the sky in the illusionary distance?
As you can see my photograph was taken in secret so apologies for the quality. It's one of my habits, stressing out security by standing too close to paintings. I usually get followed around by them, especially in Berlin where however I still managed to take some photos.
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