Garden of Delights

If I did not become an artist, I would have liked to be a gardener. Cultivate flowers, and plants, and watch them grow and replenish with the sun. Flowers and mainly nature are always an inspiration for me. The Garden of Delights draws its inspiration from this wish to be closest to nature. The wonder of imagining and cultivating my garden.

Before starting an art piece, I gather different kinds of materials and inspirations from anywhere. My sketchbook, travel pictures, haberdasheries, stationery stores, Pinterest… It helps me to create a database to work from.

For Garden of Delights, the main material is paper. I pick from my database the pearls, the textured papers glitter… For each design, I create several color nuances and sketch the different natural elements I will make. I sketch as well the natural movement I want to create as an answer to the previous design. Then I started to create each flower and leaves that I combine into different layers on a background.

This lush garden pops up from the wall. Pearls creepers are crawling on the wall, leaves are growing trying to swallow blank space. Made of different textures they intertwine, and hide, different layers, and parts of the design creating a maze of plants and flowers. From the bottom to the wall the viewer can observe this paper wonder garden in its tiny details. Just like real nature, the Garden of Delights creates an imaginary microcosm hiding precious and extraordinary flora.

Adeline Parrot