Water Lilies
My paintings are inspired by Claude Monet. The ones on this page are an homage to his water lilies, and many of them are based on photos I took at his lily pond in Giverny. Some are included on other theme pages, including details of water lilies taken from larger pictures (i.e., from Balboa Park).
"Reflections of Monet" Commission
Based on Monet's "Green Reflections" (but bluer!), the story behind this 12-foot-wide diptych is the subject of my blog article, "The First Painting I Sold," which includes the amount paid for this composition.
To see the progression of the painting, details, and its installation watch the 3-minute video, "Reflections of Monet: My Painting Process by Leigh Cohn."
Reflections of Monet (2024) 144 x 48 (two 72 x 48 panels) • Andree & Mark, Corona Del Mar, CA
Leigh with triptych, March 2017
Water Lilies Triptych ~
Aaron Null, San Diego, CA 2017 • 108 x 48
Balboa Park Water Lilies with Duck (2023) 36 x 48
Details from above
My Year of Monet (2019) Water Lilies Gallery
Water lilies in Balboa Park #5 ~ Amy & Tom Booth, San Diego, CA
2019 • 20 x 16
Water lilies in Balboa Park #4 ~ Amelia Eastman, La Jolla, CA
2019 • 24 x 18
Water lilies in Balboa Park #3 ~ Anna Shreve, El Paso, TX
2019 • 24 x 18
Water lilies in Balboa Park #2 (2019) 24 x 18 ~ Annie Lebowitz, Queensbury, NY
Water lilies in Balboa Park #1 ~ Daniel Smith, Austin, TX
2019 • 24 x 18
De Young Water Lilies ~
Vishakha Gigler, San Diego
48 x 36 • 2019
Water Lilies in Giverny ~ Scot Cheatham, Rancho Santa Fe, CA
48 x 36 • 2019
Yellow Lily (2019) 30 x 24
Other Water Lilies 1998-2022
“Looks Kind of Like a Monet” ~
1998 • 40 x 30
Water lilies ~
Neil Cohn, Chicago, IL
2002 (revised 2008) • 22 x 28
Water Lilies in Monet’s Pond ~
Doug & Karen Hall, San Jose, CA
2012 • 48 x 24
Monet’s Japanese Bridge ~
Carolyn Costin, Malibu, CA
2012 • 24 x 18
Water Lilies in Tilburg, NL (2022) 24 x 18
Homage to C.M. ~
Laurie Smith Markevicius, Tucson, AZ
2010 • 40 x 30
Mallard at Huntington Gardens ~
Leyli Boroujerdi, Venice, CA
2013 • 12 x 24
White Waterlilie ~
Anne Edwards, La Verne, CA
2013 • 14 x 11
Details from various paintings
Leigh in 1987 with "La Seine á Argenteuil" ~ Claude Monet (1874)