A DUEL WITH CLAUDE MONET

My second painting. The most beautiful thing in the world (apart from my daughter Cecilia)..... water. My goal in this exercise was to paint water. Monet was not far from my mind. The perfect moment for me is diving into green gold cold Laurentian water on a hot day. That is pleasure. The bottom half of the painting is that green gold cold water of my memory with hints that it is deep and will get deeper. How does water water bend when it is entered? How do I convey ripples from a centre? How does light reflect and refract from the surface of water? Still water near the cliff. Agitated water in the distance. How should I express the idea of SPLASH! There is no sun in this painting. The sun is just off stage. Stage left. The light splays along the surface. Water close. Water in the distance. I accept the challenge Claude. Voila - ma riposte......