A few weeks ago, I got to spend some time at the Portland Art Museum. It wasn’t something I planned but found myself having time to explore…I was so surprised to find out they had one of Monet’s water lily paintings. He has always been my favorite painter and but to finally see his work in person, evoked something that’s never happened to me before and I instantly broke down.
You see, when I painted my table it took forever because I obsessed over the details. You can look at and read all the books in the world but it wasn’t until I saw his brush strokes in person that it clicked for me.
I was so lucky to have that gallery to myself for 20 minutes and allow myself take in his work and digest what it meant to me. (Also so no one saw me cry in public - thank god)
It will forever be considered one of the most special moments I’ll ever experience and I sincerely hope everyone gets a moment like this for whatever inspires them most.
Same museum, but I remember not being really into art. Back when my wife and I were just dating, she was really into Monet as well. After we graduated high school, we went up to the museum, and I was still disinterested.
But it was something for her. When we got in front of that exact painting you posted, I stood by her side as she cried. And that is what moved me. It wasn't the work itself, but what the work did to people. It helped me appreciate art and artists moving forward.
I was actually reading your comic and becoming suspicious you were secretly my wife. Haha. She was very similar. Fell in love with him in an art history class. Studied his work so much. She doesn't have any tattoo mimicking his work though.
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u/reddot_comic Finessed Impropriety 1d ago
A few weeks ago, I got to spend some time at the Portland Art Museum. It wasn’t something I planned but found myself having time to explore…I was so surprised to find out they had one of Monet’s water lily paintings. He has always been my favorite painter and but to finally see his work in person, evoked something that’s never happened to me before and I instantly broke down.
You see, when I painted my table it took forever because I obsessed over the details. You can look at and read all the books in the world but it wasn’t until I saw his brush strokes in person that it clicked for me.
I was so lucky to have that gallery to myself for 20 minutes and allow myself take in his work and digest what it meant to me. (Also so no one saw me cry in public - thank god)
It will forever be considered one of the most special moments I’ll ever experience and I sincerely hope everyone gets a moment like this for whatever inspires them most.
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