Renoir Landscape Painting Monet exhilarating grandeur of high alpine

exhilarating grandeur of high alpine country at the heart of the French Alps

A single monarch-style butterfly takes centre stage in this bold acrylic study

A bold presence that commands the room and rewards a long

sunlit freedom of the African plains and the natural grace of one of their most elegant inhabitants

Slender leaflets radiate from the stem in crisp diagonals

Renoir Landscape Painting Monet exhilarating grandeur of high alpineTall palm trees sway across this sun drenched Mediterranean garden, their fronds catching a warm southern light against a pale sky. Behind a screen of golden grasses and shrubs stands an ochre villa with a small tower and a row of shaded arches, half glimpsed through the foliage. The brushwork is loose and vibrant, dabs of amber, russet and green flickering with the heat of a late afternoon, while a strip of water gleams in the foreground. There is a