Lilacs, oil on stretched linen canvas, 18x16in (45.5x40.5cm)
Claude Monet, the artist most famous for being a passionate horticulturist, dedicated 43 years of his life to developing and painting his beautiful garden at Giverny. Many of his most iconic works were completed there, such as The Japanese Footbridge and ‘Water Lily’ series, which consists of around 250 paintings.
My garden certainly isn’t on the grand scale of Giverny, and my gardening skills are almost non-existent, but I think there’s a subject to be found in even the most humble backyard.