I do like his art, and the "impressionistic" part rather than trying to be exact and photorealistic. I think it does a better job conveying the mood and atmosphere of the time and place, and I love the rich colors. You can just about feel the humidity and smell the fragrance of the scene in the waterlillies paintings. Maybe that's only because I know what such a place smells like, dunno if that works for anyone else. But because it's the "impression" of the place, it seems more calming than a simple photograph would be.

Though, when I was a child, I wondered if he was simply very nearsighted (as I am) and was conveying exactly what he saw!