Hollyhocks on the road to Giverny France Giverny floral Monet garden

Pastel on paper approx 10" x 6" £45 British pounds plus postage & packing £3.50 to UK; £7 to rest of world

I have taken off my previous post of the pastel drawing I did in Monet's garden because I was disappointed with it (I should never have had the impudence to think I could ape the Master). Instead, as a memory of Giverny, I have used my reference photos to re-create the abundant hollyhocks which lined the old path I walked from the town of Vernon to Giverny, Monet's home. It was a beautiful walk with many garden flowers to be seen on the way and the sky was as blue as blue. I have more photos of hollyhocks so I may do a few more of these pastel studies as I have little time at the moment to do much else in the way of painting. I know floral studies are not really what people expect of me but my museum visits in Paris encouraged me yet again in terms of not worrying about keeping to the same themes or styles all the time - if you study Degas for instance you will find that to be so true.