Inspiration: Claude Monet

Claude Monet painted a series of pictures of his impressions of London. At that time London was a smokier place than it is today because people burned coal for heat. The sky was generally dark with pollution, and Monet recorded that in his paintings.



This painting of London gave me an Idea for an image which I completed in 4hours or so using the variations of the colour palette Monet used here. I tried to retain a connection with this image by keeping this sense of emptiness which is only filled by a large shadowy object. It is also very still and calm considering what it is portraying. It has not beginning nor end, what i mean by this is Monets painting could be the beginning of a story or the end, almost a perfect setting which can create complete narrative from a single scene. This is what I have tried to take into my own piece inspired by this.


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