Embracing the Garden | Spring 2026

A new collection of works 2026 which form a cohesive and immersive vision of the garden as something far more expansive than a cultivated space. Each work presents a distinct atmosphere—coastal, nocturnal, and vividly ornamental—yet they are unified by a shared language of dense detail, layered composition, and a careful balance between structure and wildness.

Across the series, the garden is not simply a backdrop but a complete ecosystem. It is populated as much by animals— as by plants and architectural elements. Fountains, pathways, arches, and carefully shaped greenery suggest human design, yet this order is never rigid. The spaces feel inhabited and in motion, with birds flying, water circulating, and vegetation growing in ways that verge on the fantastical. Rather than emphasising control, the paintings suggest a kind of collaboration between human intention and natural vitality.

Overall, the collection explores the garden as a meeting point: between order and spontaneity, artifice and ecology, observation and imagination. These are not passive landscapes but active, interconnected environments. They invite sustained looking and reward it, revealing a vision of nature that is shaped, but not constrained, by human hands. They are imagined worlds where you can find yourself and escape into.