This expansive abstract print, created with oil pastels, embraces the medium’s richly saturated, blendable textures. Conjuring the emotive, dreamlike canvases of Pierre Bonard, Mon Jardin appears to be in a constant state of flux, filled with diffused, vibrant light. It suggests the essence of a nebulous, ethereal garden while simultaneously revealing the physical, tactile qualities of oil pastels as they glide across the paper. This print is part of the third chapter in this collection, Painted Garden, which explores the vibrant fusion of colour, pattern, and texture discovered in the process of studying artists who took inspiration from their own cultivated garden landscape – capturing the complex relationship between nature and creativity.