"Eugene Boudin"( French Impressionist Painter, 1824-1898) I do get. He could paint ships effortlessly. Being the son of a ships carpenter he knew what he was painting and did a damn fine job of it.
Boudin did tend to use a lot of black and greys which was unusual for an impressionist. The impressionists were all about light and painting outdoors. Fine unless you live in the UK!
Talking of light Alex, my good lady has gone very "Christmas Lights", Every where you look there seems to be a set of twinkling fairy lights. There are so many it takes five minutes to go around the house turning them off. We haven't yet got to the stage of icicles on the roof and Santa on the chimney or reindeer grazing on the lawn but I do return home wondering what new fairy enhancement is going to greet me.
Talking of Fairies one of my favourite paintings is the "Fairy Fellers Master Stroke" by Richard Dadd.
Dadd was quite mad and ended up in Bedlam having killed his father who he believed was the devil. On the up side he was one hell of a painter, hell being the operative word.
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