Water Lilies, Gray Weather ☱ Monet ☳ Art Print Paper Finish:Resin Semigloss and his motto at the

and his motto at the top: Als Ich Can (as best I can

and the plants frame the sailboats in the harbor

giving a near photographic appearance to the surfaces

The third is freedom from want – which

" he wrote

Water Lilies, Gray Weather ☱ Monet ☳ Art Print Paper Finish:Resin Semigloss and his motto at theWater Lilies, Gray Weather (1907, Nymphas, temps gris) by Claude Monet is one of a small series that he painted in a rare vertical format to capture the spectacular effects of late afternoon light upon his beloved waterlily pond. Overall he created more than sixty views of the aquatic garden that concentrate exclusively on the surface of the pond, without the compositional aid of banks, bridges, or background foliage. Monet began his garden at Giverny