Femme Lisant Sur Un Banc c. 1905

Pierre-Auguste Renoir made this painting of a woman reading on a bench, using oil paint and a technique that feels both precise and loose. I love how the colours create a sense of light filtering through leaves. It's like Renoir wasn't just painting what he saw, but also how it felt to be there. The texture of the paint is really present, especially in the woman’s dress. You can see individual brushstrokes working together, almost like a mosaic. Then there's that bench, rendered with such energetic strokes of green and blue, it feels like it's vibrating with life. The way he captures light reminds me of Monet, but Renoir's focus is different, there's always such a tenderness. For me, paintings like this remind me that art is a conversation across time, where artists borrow, respond, and reinterpret the world around them. It's a process of continuous exploration.