This image and Ready and Waiting were created at the same location. What an inspirational pause that was! A viewer commented that this work made her think of Monet’s pond and the dinghys that sit under the weeping willows. Today they are used by the gardeners to keep the pond clean….so as I researched Monet’s boat paintings I also looked at Manet’s work and think that my image may share a similar tonality…and discoveries continued.









