Coastal Landscape Painting Monet The brushwork is smooth and

The brushwork is smooth and luminous

A meditative slice of the sea to slow the pace of a busy home

A hummingbird hovers in mid-flight

This piece captures the gentle abundance of high summer and the welcome shade of a familiar tree

Painted in lively oil brushwork

Coastal Landscape Painting Monet The brushwork is smooth andThis richly coloured scene tumbles down a steep Mediterranean shoreline, where terracotta roofed villas cling to the slope above a glassy blue lake. Dark cypresses and rounded umbrella pines punctuate the lush greenery, while small boats rest in a sheltered cove edged by stone steps and a little bridge. Behind it all rise hazy grey mountains, their peaks softening into a pale, sunlit sky. The crisp, illustrative style gives every rooftop and tree a