Charing Cross Bridge 1903

Claude Monet painted this view of Charing Cross Bridge in 1903, probably in oil on canvas. What's cool about this is how Monet layers these hazy blues, pinks, and grays, creating an atmosphere more than a picture. Look closely, and you can see the thick brushstrokes, the physicality of the paint itself. It's not about hiding the process; it's about the process becoming the subject. Those little touches of gold reflecting on the water; they're so quick, so present. They capture a fleeting moment. It's all about how light changes everything, right? Monet was obsessed with this bridge, painting it over and over. Like Philip Guston painting Nixon, it is about the continual revisiting of a subject, art as an ongoing conversation, always searching, never quite settling.