The garden paintings are of our Japanese garden made during lockdown and added to and adapted ever since. The space is a miniature Arcadia, a haven from the background noise of the world.

The garden paintings are an exuberant splash of colour at times vigorously applied in rich blues and greens balanced with more controlled pattern, attempting to catch the feeling of being in the enclosed space. The up-close feeling is achieved by drawing in the plants and trees into a rich tapestry of colour and pattern excluding any sense of distance. What matters more to me is the expression of joy the garden gives rather than a plant for plant depiction.