The Denver Art Museum had a block buster show of 120 Monet paintings in the autumn of 2019. I was able to work in the galleries and to closely study Monet's expressive brushstrokes. I will never measure up to the genius of Claude Monet but I thought that I could definitely liven up my brushstrokes. I like how the skeletal remains of an old bleached cottonwood lies across the the vibrant green scene.