With the world in turmoil, travel restrictions in place and an increase in anxiety levels, nature came into its own during 2020 helping people to cope during a global pandemic.

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Gardens were a luxury, allowing a little respite from the outside world, and so the Lockdown Garden project began. Using flora from a small, city garden, still life scenes of plants usually quickly passed in the rush of day to day life gradually emerged.  No longer overlooked, the gradual gradient of green on a stem became apparent, as did the fragile beauty of a single flower.

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Layers allowed interaction within the image, highlighting the variety and beauty of plants by combining, comparing and contrasting different textures, heights and colours.

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A project revolving around nature, building a still life record of an individual environment and mind-set during national restrictions.  Whatever else was happening in the world, nature helped to show that life would continue and provided support on the journey.

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Images from this series are on exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery, London, September 17th 2021 - October 9th 2021.  They have been awarded a RHS Silver-Gilt medal and are available for purchase, please contact me directly for more information.