Light, Art & Love
Our Years in Monet’s Giverny
a memoir of art, passion and life in France
A new book by author and opera singer Cello Bennett, Light, Art and Love explores her improbable yet joyous marriage to artist Gale Bennett. Set in Giverny, France, the romantic village where artist Claude Monet spent the last 40 years of his life, Cello Bennett details the frisson and passion inspired by their diametrically opposite personalities, and the unity, art and contentment found in their years together in la belle France.
Banner image, “In the News,”(c) Estate of Gale Bennett Collection. Musee Hotel Baudy, Giverny, France
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Monet's Gardens on a Monday, Painting On One of the Two Bridges, photo by G.R. Nuckolls
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Photo below: Monet's Gardens spring poppies by Marlena Chumo
“I was immediately caught up in the image of artists traveling from all over the world to paint in Monet's Gardens brought to me in this beautiful book…Cello Bennett's practical yet delicate way of describing Giverny makes me feel as if I had actually been to the village, and inspires me to go there one day.”
—Carlene A. Thissen
Giverny, Hotel Baudy garden looking towards Normandy house, photo by G.R. Nuckolls
"Juno," (c) Estate of Gale Bennett, Private Collection
Gale & Cello at Moulin de Fourges, photo by Judy Smith
"Young Artist," (c) Estate of Gale Bennett, Collection collaboratory, Fort Myers, FL
Monet's Garden, (c) photo by Gale Bennett
"Scene dans la Foret," (c) Estate of Gale Bennett, private collection, France
Bridge in Monet's Garden, photo by Marlena Chumo
Lavacourt Painting in Vetheuil, photo by Monty Montgomery
Moulin de Fourges, photo by Judy Smith
"Maid of Orleans," (c) Estate of Gale Bennett, Private Collection
Meet Cello Bennett
Cello Bennett, author of "Eyes into Art" (2014), is a former opera singer, language instructor, and translator, who speaks French, German, and Italian. Born in Valparaiso, Indiana, Cello lived in Europe for over 30 years. She and her husband now reside in Babcock Ranch, Florida.