PART V Like a water lily finding its place in Claude Monet’s painting "Pool, With Water Lilies", the namesake mare, Water Lily, seeks to find her place on the canvas of the Canadian equestrian world. It is not, however, as easy a task for the horse as Monet makes it seem for the flower. RSE Ambassador, Candice Hudson, stands right beside her to help her find her way. There is much beauty in the world to see. This is particularly true if we allow ourselves the time to observe it. We are so often in such a hurry, bombarded as we are with a profusion of images, that we fail to pause long enough to truly appreciate what is before...
PART IV Like a water lily finding its place in Claude Monet’s painting "Pool, With Water Lilies", the namesake mare, Water Lily, seeks to find her place on the canvas of the Canadian equestrian world. It is not, however, as easy a task for the horse as Monet makes it seem for the flower. RSE Ambassador, Candice Hudson, stands right beside her to help her find her way. If the essence of an early summer’s morning could be captured in a painting, it would seem that the Saturday morning of Water Lily’s recent competition is captured by a particular painting of Claude Monet’s entitled Matinée sur la Seine près de Giverny (Morning on the Seine near Giverny), oil on canvas,...
We have in the first installment of this series suggested that Water Lily is like one of the water lilies depicted in the masterpieces of Claude Monet in the sense of needing to find her place in the Canadian equestrian landscape. Here we explore the further implications and questions that surround her name itself...
Like a water lily finding its place in Claude Monet’s painting Pool, With Water Lilies, the namesake mare, Water Lily, seeks to find her place on the canvas of the Canadian equestrian world.
Like a water lily finding its place in Claude Monet’s painting Pool, With Water Lilies, the namesake mare, Water Lily, seeks to find her place on the canvas of the Canadian equestrian world. It is not, however, as easy a task for the horse as Monet makes it seem for the flower. Still, in appreciating the series of water lily paintings by Monet, we must remember that such perfection of placement is not always a facile achievement. We must remember not only the magnificence of Monet’s hand and artistic vision, his mastery of light, shadow and reflection, but also the faithful work of his gardener. The gardener, in a rowboat on the pond, in the gentle breeze of a summer...
