Original watercolour, gouache and pastel
Unframed painting | 58cm x 35 cm
Framed painting | 91cm x 67cm
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Description of The Night Garden
Enter the world of The Night Garden, where nature, ornament, and imagination interlace without hierarchy. The space is dense and immersive, overflowing with foliage sculpted into improbable shapes, glowing pathways, and fountains that seem to hum with quiet magic. Nothing is empty; every inch pulses with life, texture, and intent.
Light plays a starring role. It flickers like scattered stardust along streams, stones, and flower beds, giving the impression that the garden is alive after dusk, breathing softly through points of gold and white. The palette is lush and saturated—emerald greens, deep teals, coral reds, and luminous blues—layered in a way that feels both meticulous and wildly abundant.
Animals appear not as intruders but as guardians and participants: herons poised with ceremonial grace, fish gliding through jewel-toned water, rabbits and frogs nestled among patterned stones. They lend the scene a quiet attentiveness, as if the garden is being watched as much as it is being revealed. Classical urns and fountains anchor the fantasy, hinting at human design, yet they are nearly reclaimed by growth, softened by moss, flowers, and flowing water.
The composition reads like a visual labyrinth—paths winding, staircases disappearing, water looping back on itself—inviting the eye to wander without ever fully arriving. It feels timeless and slightly unreal, a place where myth, memory, and ornament coexist. The painting doesn’t ask to be understood so much as entered, rewarding slow looking with constant discovery, like a secret garden that keeps rearranging itself each time you return.
