Winter in the untended garden
Hello nature friends, welcome back to my blog! I’ve been taking a break from here lately, as other projects have pulled me away. The original …
Category: Painting
Haystacks in the snow
In 1891, an exhibit by Claude Monet in the Durand-Ruel gallery in Paris included a series of 15 haystacks. It was unusual at the time …
Strength in nature – the art of Natasha Newton
Natasha Newton is an artist and illustrator from Suffolk, England, whose work is inspired by the natural world. Birds, trees, stars and mountains all feature …
Inspired by orchids – Bianca Ana Chavez
Here at The Untended Garden, we feature works both old and new, but this summer I’ll be highlighting contemporary artists who explore nature in their …
The long cold winter
It’s been a long winter. Cold, snowy, windy, the kind of bone-chilling weather that makes you want to hibernate. Many artists have painted snowy landscapes …
The art of Maria Sibylla Merian
Chances are you hadn’t heard of Maria Sibylla Merian before she was celebrated by Google on her 366th birthday April 2nd. And yet she was …
Autumn, in painting and poetry
Autumn is here once again! The changing of the seasons is a favorite topic here at The Untended Garden, perhaps because so many artists have …
The Winter’s Wind – a poem by Keats
As the new year begins, I present for you a poem by John Keats, inspired by a cold winter’s wind but encompassing so much more. …
The untended garden
What exactly is an untended garden? The phrase often has a negative connotation, like Shakespeare’s “unweeded garden” overrun with foul things. We tend to think …
Turner and the art of the seascape
J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851) was one of the greatest English painters of land and sea, and far ahead of his time. Many of his works are …