Le Parlement, soleil couchant 1900 - 1903

Claude Monet painted ‘Le Parlement, soleil couchant’ with oil on canvas, and what strikes me is the way he layers these hazy colors. It’s not just about depicting a place, but about capturing a feeling, a fleeting moment. Look closely, and you’ll see how the texture isn’t smooth. There are all these little dabs and strokes of paint, especially in the sky where the pinks and purples meet. It's like he's trying to catch the light as it dances. The buildings are solid but still feel like they’re dissolving into the atmosphere, becoming part of the light itself. Monet, to me, is like a precursor to artists such as Gerhard Richter. There's a similar interest in how paint can both reveal and obscure, how an image can emerge from abstraction. It reminds me that art isn't about perfect representation, but about the ongoing conversation between the artist, the medium, and the world around us.