Claude Monet was one of the first Impressionists and stayed true to the school’s creed of documenting the painter’s sensory experience of the world. Monet was a Plein-Air artist who captured the essence of lily pads in his backyard, or here the promise of spring, in a canvas that is a collection of swaths of light, summing up to equal the artist’s experience of a vernal moment. This Mixed-Media tableau is well suited for traditional decoration and luxury homes in McLean, Virginia.