Resting Lion Golden Hour Canvas Painting Monet Beyond them a curving bay

Beyond them a curving bay glows in clear turquoise

scattering warm golden light between the trunks and igniting a soft mist that drifts across the forest floor

A hazy line of distant trees fades into a pale blue-grey sky

A great ocean wave curls and breaks at the centre of this five-panel seascape

a small village hides among dark green trees at the foot of rolling hills

Resting Lion Golden Hour Canvas Painting Monet Beyond them a curving bayThis warm tableau presents a lion lying at ease among golden autumnal bushes, his head raised and alert as he gazes off to one side with calm, amber eyes. Low evening sun streams through the foliage behind him, lighting a slender tree and the dry grasses in glowing tones of honey, rust and burnished gold. He rests upon a low rocky ledge, forepaws crossed, his richly textured mane framing a serene yet watchful expression. The whole composition glows