Up The Garden Path (30x40cm)
**Words by Amber L-J**
There is nothing quite like the sheer panic of forgetting someone’s birthday, more specifically a birthday card, to truly mark the occasion.
Luckily, an artist works well under stress. As someone so often used to the pressures of meeting deadlines for clients, she quickly make haste; She grabs her art supplies and throw them down onto her work surface with an anticipatory thud.
This is no regular client, and there has been no debrief in this instance. But with her husband as the recipient, she knows him well enough to paint something of his taste.
Using a piece of paper, easily folded into a card, the artist begins to plot her canvas just in time for this important day. In her mind, she fondly envisions the summer garden.
The buzzing bees and singing birds are an orchestra in this quiet corner of the countryside. The wild flowers grow with such a vigour, they often overstep into the pathway. This is the pathway which the artist’s husband will walk after the working day. Crunching gravel underfoot, the bright bulbs are thrust forward by the wind and kiss his feet. The artist imagines his pace quicken upon his excitement of seeing balloons, or a colourful banner in the archway perhaps; His mind is animated with what surprises may be awaiting behind the front door of their home.
The artist plays out this warm and happy scene inside her head as she paints. Almost as if the mental image has been scanned onto the paper, it is complete. The artist reviews the finished birthday card, with the long, overreaching stems of the flowers and the path seemingly built around them. With dots of sapphire and rouge to imitate their swaying, she leaves the darkened doorway, as the beautiful, ambiguous end of one’s journey up the garden path.
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‘Up The Garden Path’ is a small but very striking acrylic painting, measuring 30 x 40cm. As it is painted onto a box canvas, it juts forward and stands out when hung on one’s wall. It is very versatile with infinite interior possibilities, and has a happy and celebratory feel.
It was originally painted on paper for Lisa Timmerman’s husband, Paul, intended as a birthday card. As a unique gift and perspective of their own garden path to their home in Foxton, Leicestershire, Lisa said that she enjoyed the process. From this, Lisa painted a second version the next day that would go onto the canvas it is displayed upon now.
A garden path is often winding, instead of direct. When you ‘lead someone up the garden path’, it is the idiom meaning to deceive someone. However, there is nothing deceiving about this painting; Rather, it is a serene journey immersed in nature, toward the safety and comfort of home.
Previously, Lisa had frequently painted the opposite view of ‘Up The Garden Path’, from inside the house; From previous paintings, Lisa has captured the doorway often with hens running in and out of her real-life home.
Left to Right: The Welcoming, Here Come The Girls, Lavender Scented Hens and Welcoming The Neighbours
With these artworks in mind, ‘Up The Garden Path’ creates a delightful contrast that, according to Lisa, was very satisfying to create. The scene, from the outside looking in, is something which Lisa plans to paint once more. With the New Year rife with new possibilities, there may be the familiar presence of hens travelling up the floral, winding path.
The acrylic painting, Up The Garden Path, is available to purchase exclusively from Lisa’s website.
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