Renoir Landscape Painting Monet A single monarch-style butterfly takes

A single monarch-style butterfly takes centre stage in this bold acrylic study

Slender leaflets radiate from the stem in crisp diagonals

holiday warmth that pulls the eye right down the water and out towards the distant harbour mouth

The brilliant aquamarines and warm rock tones play happily against teal

Renoir Landscape Painting Monet A single monarch-style butterfly takesTall palm trees sway across this sun drenched Mediterranean garden, their fronds catching a warm southern light against a pale sky. Behind a screen of golden grasses and shrubs stands an ochre villa with a small tower and a row of shaded arches, half glimpsed through the foliage. The brushwork is loose and vibrant, dabs of amber, russet and green flickering with the heat of a late afternoon, while a strip of water gleams in the foreground. There is a