Livia’s Garden was made in response to my memories of seeing the beautiful painted gardens in Livia’s Villa, Rome. The paintings are of imagined gardens.
I wanted to convey the sense of delight of being in a garden, which can be many things to different people. Gardens can offer a space of joy, fun, peace, reflection and sometimes solace. I use gesture and immediacy to convey transience and fragility of the world we inhabit.
![Glow nfs](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ee3f738084d35ab1ed06ba7b7bdd2d1a11d2ce3db15bbbbda45c0b00d097947f/GLOW-.jpg)
![Upstream 35x39 cm](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c6b3f3af7bedc09aeadc94391f3c7758d21f8ee260e46b37bf6dd2510892d35b/Livia-s-garden---Upstream-.jpg)
![#3](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d691abe3764c84f356b6532b37e276a86bb0dccccdc8822101b14ba1eb636bdc/Livia-s-Garden-3--for-web-.jpg)
![#4 35x39cm](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/23e55dd816e935a54b6868e8f5b8b00552c8da482c02a4516fa88053eb26eac9/Livia-s-Garden-no-4-copy.jpg)
![Ophelia 35x39cm](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b610ed52a6bad375dce5d4fb95b01c85fae6c0c5033ea840355d46d5abbce242/Livia-s-Garden---Ophelia--.jpg)
![#5 35x39cm](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a069d72de5522e4217d942acc648f794e2f52c3281c32bbfbf8aee401c861eb2/Livia-s-garden-no-5-copy.jpg)
“A garden is a delight to the eye and a solace for the soul” – Saadi
![#2 46x62 cm](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/904640a676cd4580f9bec85efff947a6e8e9ecc440835e1d2656e369b126915f/Livia-s-Garden-2-for-web.jpg)
![Pool 1 40 x38cm](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aa2c01c7b988791d8a172716687fc1eadb6fcb5cbe9f6c91d1191991010e685d/Pool-copy.jpg)
![Border nfs](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bce725293d607c1ebb165aef5712473036902ae5a6e467115ee106181e770cb6/Livia-s-Garden-border-1.jpg)
![Spray 37x37cm](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5df4a4276f8fedef2825747899b84a232b2417a7649a824668f5eb5a8c327ed4/SPRAY-copy.jpg)
“Nature doesn't hurry, yet everything is accomplished. ' A single seed planted, eventually becomes a garden in time – when things get tough, tend to the garden in your mind.” – Lao Tzu
![#1 60x72cm](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/809c0539f64235a3c02de86186458237c8c7c2f425f2e8a43c1e9b4515699a01/Scan-of-1--copy_o.jpg)
![May 67x76cm](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/61cf00851c4a9be4194144bc70f4e428dbd9b3a48731bd01b1d9ce71e966bb4e/Large-May-180.jpg)
![Pool 2 39x35cm](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/38fe5eb7cf8d5f716565dd6c0d42f9d03f743c43ed5922bcf172290ec11d1316/Livia-s-Garden---Pool-2-low-res.jpg)
![Glade 76x70cm](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c34bb0f2daeb86e2196d6260fbeba01f8dd5a79004f05a414800e2a2cc2e3d8b/Low-res-GLADE-.jpg)
![Flurry 73x76cm](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e8fcb0a7cfa1883bd625323c0237e31514e53b7f5824128236c608c7de654c3a/Zephyr-unframed--jpg.jpg)
![Stream 25x24cm](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8fd1329aec90e0c4261c909c805a37195680908444605f9b9292451338dd3b99/Stream-.jpg)
![Bloom nfs](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/233bd2a9c90e30e0e6b50aa94135b711209b79548b28c46f8971d85a1831f260/Bloom-.jpg)
“I came to a point where I needed solitude and just stopped the machine of ‘thinking’, ‘enjoying’ and what they call ‘living’ I just wanted to lie in the grass and look at the clouds.” – Jack Kerouac
![Breeze nfs](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8bb01c9e98fba9bdb7b308846ac606a2cc822d0e8b8c3d7878a035eda9e122a2/Breeze--copy.jpg)
![Ridge 75x70cm](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8fc88bd81fc347d4e2c2e74afe91b059f024d0d2fedda4a9c5b8067b855334de/Ridge-_o.jpg)
![Zephyr 76x73cm](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/41c60c2408f3457fd966881ccee7e211b76ebc6990b735c1d3821367bc0dc2c0/Zephyr-.jpg)