Lion at Sunset Canvas Painting Monet Woven baskets tumble with striped

Woven baskets tumble with striped watermelons

hinting that summer has only just begun to turn

Behind the flowers a hazy garden dissolves into golden light

Tall fir trees rise dark on the left bank

or let it widen a hallway that needs a sense of distance

Lion at Sunset Canvas Painting Monet Woven baskets tumble with stripedThis portrait captures a magnificent lion resting in profile upon a weathered rocky outcrop, his powerful frame turned towards a distant horizon bathed in the last light of day. Golden sunset rays catch the russet edges of his full mane, setting it aglow against a softly blurred savannah that fades into hazy bands of dusky blue and warm apricot. His paw rests calmly on the lichen mottled stone, and his steady gaze carries a quiet, contemplative