I left My Heart in Monet's Garden: An Artist's Journey in France

by Patrice Burkhardt

Overview

In the summer of 1998 Patrice Burkhardt traveled to Giverny, France for the first time to paint in Monet's Garden. She spent ten days communing in ArtStudy Giverny, an artist colony residing near the famous garden. Patrice kept a journal of her time spent in and around the little town where Monet lived close to 40 years. Her experiences proved to be a significant turning point in her artistic journey.

This book offers a resplendent, yet lighthearted view of Monet's France which hopes to inspire artists and travelers alike yearning to travel and paint in faraway places...

Watch her book trailer (short video on YouTube):
I Left My Heart in Monet's Garden

Product Details

BN ID:	2940148116516
Publisher:	Patrice Burkhardt
Publication date:	02/09/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Patrice Burkhardt is an Impressionist artist that lives in Southwest Florida.

www.Patrice Burkhardt.com

Her artist statement reads:
Art is a means of expression. Some art is easily realized; others are private and personal and can only be realized through knowledge, study and intuition.

Ordinary beauty, that which is simple and undiscovered, inspires me. I prefer to 'enlighten' the reality of my subject matter by playfully layering warm and cool colors in order to illuminate and accentuate the beauty I see in nature.

Roger de Piles said it best, "Painting should call out to the viewer....and the surprised viewer should go to it, as if entering a conversation" (Cours de Pientre par Principles, 1676).