An artistic painting of lily pads on a pond, reflecting a colorful sunset sky. A small ladybug rests on a lily pad.

A vertical image. The pond lay still, its surface a mosaic of lilies that floated like green clouds. Between them shimmered the sky’s reflection, fractured into ripples of blue, pink, and gold. At the edge of one broad leaf, a ladybird rested, its shell a flame of red against Monet’s soft symphony of color. The insect was so small it seemed almost imagined, yet its presence anchored the scene — a pulse of life within the drifting garden of water and light. See more