Monet's Passion: Ideas, Inspiration, and Insights from the Painter's Gardens

Monet's Passion: The Gardens at Giverny Engagement Calendar

Gardening is the art that uses flowers and plants as the paint, and the soil and sky as the canvas—working with nature provides the technique. —Elizabeth Murray

A description accompanies each of Murray's fifty-three photographs of the Giverny gardens in this sumptuous calendar, as does a quotation from Monet or one of his contemporaries. Also included are full-page yearly grids, a list of international holidays, and a page for notes. Hardcover Wire-O bound. Order from Pomegranate.com. View Elizabeth's Monet Flick.

Monet's Passion: The Gardens at Giverny Mini Wall Calendar

Photographs by Elizabeth Murray.

Here are twelve more Murray photographs of Monet's gardens, presented in a compact size that will bring life and color to your home, office, or garden shed. A description accompanies each photograph. Order from Pomegranate.com. View Elizabeth's Monet Flick.

Monet's Passion: The Gardens at Giverny Wall Calendar

Photographs by Elizabeth Murray.

These twelve gorgeous photographs of Monet's gardens will brighten every blooming season of your year—winter, spring, summer, and fall. Monthly comments add valuable botanical information. Order from Pomegranate.com. View Elizabeth's Monet Flick.

The Gardens at Giverny: Monet's Passion Deluxe Address Book

Elizabeth Murray's enchanting photographs capture all of the charm and vivid color of Monet's inspiring gardens at Giverny, sometimes referred to as his "living canvas." Murray had the unique experience of living at Giverny for a year, working in the gardens in exchange for her room and board. She returns to the gardens annually to capture Giverny's many palettes with her camera. Here are forty of her favorites. Hardbound with a hidden spiral binding that allows it to lie absolutely flat. Forty full-color reproductions complement information pages with room for 480 names, addresses, home and business telephone numbers, cell/pager, and e-mail addresses. A lovely gift. Order from Pomegranate.com. View Elizabeth's Monet Flick.

Monet's Passion: The Gardens at Giverny Boxed Notecards

As soon as the great Impressionist painter Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926) bought a house and garden in Giverny, a small Norman village on the Seine not far from Paris, he set himself to the task of giving nature everything she needed to produce an abundance of brilliant blooms and greenery throughout the extensive grounds, which included his famous lily pond. Renowned in Monet's lifetime, the extraordinary gardens grew shabby and sad after his death. Photographer and expert gardener Elizabeth Murray helped to restore the Giverny gardens—which have been open to the public since 1980—and she returns annually to capture Monet's passion at its most radiant and riotous. A description accompanies each of the four photographs in this notecard selection. Twenty 5 x 7 in. blank note cards (5 each of 4 styles) with envelopes and decorative box. Order from Pomegranate.com. View Elizabeth's Monet Flick.

Elizabeth Murray, photographer and author of Pomegranate's book Monet's Passion: Ideas, Inspiration and Insights from the Painter's Gardens, has chosen thirty of her most appealing photographs of the Giverny gardens for this vibrant book of postcards. Various areas of the gardens, such as the water lily pond, the Grand Alle, and the tulip beds in front of Monet's house, are presented, with Murray's brief description on the back of each postcard. 30 color photographs bound together in a handy, artful collection. Easy to remove and produced on heavy card stock, these stunning postcards are a delight to the sender and receiver. Order from Pomegranate.com. View Elizabeth's Monet Flick.

Gardening can be a portal to the sacred in our everyday lives. They can connect us intimately with nature, beauty, ritual and wonder. Our personal environments can provide spiritual well being and nurture for the soul. In Cultivating Sacred Space: Gardening for the Soul, author and photographer Elizabeth Murray encourages us to transform our own private gardens into places that satisfy our need for the sacred, as a personal sanctuary for play, meditation and for connecting with the earth.

"Cultivating Sacred Space is an extraordinary book. Seldom do we find a book that lives its title or 'walks its talk.' This book motivates the reader to manifest the soul's garden in daily life. Elizabeth Murray reminds us that God is alive and magic is afoot, and re-enchants us to return home internally and externally to our sacred garden." —Angeles Arrien, Ph.D., author of The Four Fold Way and The Second Half of Life

Published by Pomegranate. Hardback book, 160 pages, full color. Order from Elizabeth Murray. View Elizabeth's Philosophy Flick.

A myth from the Achuar people of the Amazon Rainforest of Ecuador. The Achuar are an intact dream culture who follow their dreams and teach their children through telling myths. This inspiring tri-lingual book is richly illustrated with watercolors by traditional Achuar youth. This is the first book printed in the Achuar language, along with Spanish and English. This creation myth teaches why it is important to tell the truth, share food, and explains how Heaven and Earth separated. There is an illustrated section Insights into the Achuar Culture.

Elizabeth Murray has visited the Achuar five times. She taught the youth to paint to create the illustrations for this book. Available from Elizabeth Murray. $15.95. Proceeds support Achuar Educational projects. Order now. To find out more about the Achuar, visit Pachamama.org.

Paintings by Elizabeth Murray

Whether painting on the cliffs of Big Sur, or in the garden, Elizabeth brings her spirit and love of light, color, and form into each unique piece. She paints in oils on canvas and heavy, handmade, prepared paper, often mixing the paint with wax for transparency and luminosity. View Paintings by Elizabeth Murray. Commissions accepted.

Painterly Photography by Elizabeth Murray

Elizabeth is the leader of the "painterly photography" movement—a hybrid of photography and painting—employing a vintage Polaroid camera, drawing on the print, enlarging the image onto watercolor paper, and then painting on the image with oils, pastels, and colored pencils. Each print is hand-colored and unique (numbered 1/1). Her work is shown at Photography West Gallery in Carmel, California. 10 x 10 inches and 24 x 24 inches. View Painterly Photography by Elizabeth Murray. Commissions accepted.

Photography by Elizabeth Murray

Elizabeth has photographed gardens around the world for several decades, and 25 years in Monet's gardens. She was invited to show enormous photograph murals with Claude Monet paintings, in a traveling show to eight museums. Her photographs are collected by musuems, corporations, hospitals, and private collectors. She makes fine art prints as well as publishing three annual calendars with Pomegranate. View Photography by Elizabeth Murray. Freelance work accepted.