Garden a Bloom

Garden a BloomOriginal Acrylic on Canvas 78cm (W) x 78cm (H) x 6cm (D) Acrylic on canvas, signed on the front. Varnished for protection. Certificate of Authenticity included. Arrives fitted with a white washed timber floating frame, ready to hang. An exploration of the textures, light and shade found in a garden in full bloom. Built up in layers of paint, glaze and palette knife work warm and cool colours moving together into something loose, luminous and alive. An

rises from a human form surrounded by plants that bloom

purified and realised — flank a cascade of braided hair that flows down to the all-seeing third eye

A yellow-tailed black cockatoo in hyperreal detail — deep blue-black plumage catching the light against a warm peach ground scattered with bronze enamel banksia silhouettes

4cm (W) x 91

6cm (W) x 121

It invites reflection on the tension between individuality and the early desire

Limited edition prints produced to order

Ready to Hang

the painting highlights how societal expectations around gender and presentation are embedded from childhood

Two backyard chickens preside over a tangle of nasturtiums

Named after Sir Joseph Banks — the British botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his voyage of discovery to Australia — Banksy is a playful and textural celebration of one of Australia's most distinctive native plants

or whispers of something passing