Meet artist and teacher Caroline Homes Nuckolls.
Caroline found me through my ParisBreakfast posts on Giverny. And invited me for a very special week of painting in Monet's gardens with her Art Colony Giverny.
Caroline has been painting here since 2001 with Gale Bennett, then as his assistant. And now Caroline is leading the group every September. We entered through the gardener’s entrance. You won't see this view unless you go with Caroline.
Name the flower 🌺 please...Zinnias?
We got to paint after hours either and have the gardens mostly to ourselves from 5 - 8 pm.
Try to imagine entering with the gardeners at 7 am.
The visitors come in at 9 am. Then they open the house shutters.
Name this flower please 🙏
Along with getting the cheese book I better get a flower guide.
Yesterday Caroline led us on an introductory tour of Monet's gardens. She knows it like the back of her hand ✋
"Part of this trellis is authentic...this part was remade to match". There isn't a pebble here Caroline doesn't have an petite histoire to tell.
So many secrets were revealed. Caroline PLEASE write a book telling all.
Learn to mix colors using "Observation with imagination" the Gale Bennett way with Caroline. Photographers are welcome too in the group. You can just inhale the fresh perfumes of the flowers and still have the time of your life.
We stay at an old mill 5 minutes walk from the gardens.
Tomorrow I'll share my early morning walk in the gardens. Watching the light change is mind altering blowing.
Does your pet want to go to Giverny or somewhere else in France? Do let me know.
