MK Bailey
Secret Garden
In the secret garden, everything seems fine. The tulips are blooming, the vines are twining, and even the litter is aesthetically pleasing. A figure pulls her hair out so gently that you almost don’t notice it.
The secret garden is an imagining of anxiety as a self-contained, physical space. Each piece is a little horror vacui gardenscape, where lone figures are overwhelmed by bright colors and sinister foliage. Like a gardener, each figure fights against the inevitability of nature.
The works pull imagery from the art historical canon alongside the various detritus the artist collects during her daily walks. They are collections of the last two years of her thoughts while in isolation.
List of Works on View
Outside Eden, 2022
Acrylic on canvas
36” x 48”
Cruel Nature I. 2022
Acrylic on canvas
36” x 48”
Cruel Nature II. 2022
Acrylic on canvas
36” x 48”
Garden of Earthly Delights I. 2022
Acrylic on canvas
36” x 48”
Garden of Earthly Delights II, 2022
Acrylic on canvas
36” x 48”
Tulip Fever Dream, 2022
Acrylic on canvas
36” x 48”
Too Many Clematis, 2022
Acrylic on canvas
36” x 48”
Flowers start to die as soon as you pick them, 2022
Acrylic on canvas
36”x 48”
Night Garden, 2022
Acrylic on canvas
36” x 48”
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