Stephen Altena
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The Quarantine Garden

This series of work is a result of the Covid 19 pandemic.
Unable to visit gardens during lockdown, I revisited on-hand source materials, such as photos and sketches from previous visits to the Royal Botanical Gardens.  
The flowers and gardens have been remixed to create a new Quarantine Garden.  
A vibrant and new hybrid space is created in the work, existing somewhere between the figurative, the abstract, and the world of pattern and decoration.  


Orange Tulips. 2020, oil on canvas, 16"x20"
Red June. 2020, oil on canvas, 16"x20"
Red May. 2020, oil on canvas, 16"x20"
Peonies. 2020, oil on canvas, 16"x20"
Purple Garden. 2020, oil on canvas, 16"x20"
Daffodil Diptych. 2020, oil on canvas, 24"x18"
Orange Pink Love. 2020, oil on canvas, 11"x14"
Red Please. 2020, oil on canvas, 9"x12"
  • Home
  • Pretty Things 2021
  • In The Shadow Garden
  • Quarantine Garden 2020
  • Paintings 2020
  • Upper Canadian Living: Montgomery's Inn 2019
  • Mckenzie House (2019)
  • Springtime (2019)
  • Winter Garden (2019)
  • The Miss Philippa Savary Residency, Elton House, Bath UK (2018)
  • In Bloom (2018)
  • Another Spring (2018)
  • Luxury Scarves (2016)
  • Wallpaper (2016)
  • Artist CV
  • About