Woman Seated in a Garden 1914

Frederick Carl Frieseke made "Woman Seated in a Garden" with oil on canvas. I imagine him squinting in bright sunlight, trying to capture the dappled light filtering through the trees and bouncing off the woman's parasol. I can almost feel the texture of the canvas, the way the paint is layered and dabbed to create this shimmering effect. Look at the blues and greens, how they vibrate against the pink of the woman’s skirt. It’s like he’s not just painting what he sees, but how it feels to be there, in that moment. The way he places the woman in the garden reminds me of other impressionist painters, like Monet or Renoir. There's this conversation happening across time, each artist pushing the boundaries of how we see and experience the world. What would it be like to sit in the garden yourself?