San Giorgio Maggiore 1908

This painting of San Giorgio Maggiore, all blues and yellows, it’s like Monet was chasing a feeling, not just a scene. I can see him out there, trying to capture the way light bounces off the water, those quick dabs and strokes building up something solid out of something fleeting. I bet he was thinking about Turner, about haze and atmosphere and how to make it all sing on canvas. There’s a rhythm in those brushstrokes, like he's not just painting what he sees but what he feels. Isn't that what we all want from painting, a little bit of feeling made visible? It's like he was almost there with the light, then he has just broken it down into strokes of color. It's a constant conversation, you know, one painter answering another across time.