egg tempera on panel, 31 x 36, June 2026
Garden author Beverley Nichols says, ‘There are certain very definite rules to be observed when you are Making The Tour. The chief rule is that you must never take anything out of its order. You may be longing to see if a crocus has come out in the orchard, but it is strictly forbidden to look before you have inspected all the various beds, bushes and trees that lead up to the orchard.’
Beverley Nichols, Down the Garden Path
This time I invite you to stroll in my lily pool tea garden, including symbolic and adorable ceramic pets, in early summer. There is an order, but it is all in my head so make your own tour!
While in France we visited an exquisite Japanese garden. I understand that the symbolically charged landscape of a tea garden was designed as a “mountain abode in the city” to induce a state of mindfulness. Although you won’t find what might be described as ‘rustic simplicity, stepping stones or stone lanterns’, some of the elements you might find in a ‘real’ Japanese Tea Garden, my goal is to find a natural harmony. As I painted I was on a shikara in Lake Dal.
egg tempera on panel, 31 x 36, June 2026
Garden author Beverley Nichols says, ‘There are certain very definite rules to be observed when you are Making The Tour. The chief rule is that you must never take anything out of its order. You may be longing to see if a crocus has come out in the orchard, but it is strictly forbidden to look before you have inspected all the various beds, bushes and trees that lead up to the orchard.’
Beverley Nichols, Down the Garden Path
This time I invite you to stroll in my lily pool tea garden, including symbolic and adorable ceramic pets, in early summer. There is an order, but it is all in my head so make your own tour!
While in France we visited an exquisite Japanese garden. I understand that the symbolically charged landscape of a tea garden was designed as a “mountain abode in the city” to induce a state of mindfulness. Although you won’t find what might be described as ‘rustic simplicity, stepping stones or stone lanterns’, some of the elements you might find in a ‘real’ Japanese Tea Garden, my goal is to find a natural harmony. As I painted I was on a shikara in Lake Dal.
