Art Story

In his "Garden" series, also referred to as "Pleasure Gardens" for the most recent works from 2025, Jan De Vliegher captures the vitality of nature in an explosion of color and expressive brushstrokes. Inspired by historic gardens, floral arrangements, and reflections on water, he deliberately blurs the line between figuration and abstraction. Flowers, leaves, and light -photographed in preparation for these series during visits to Kew Gardens in London and Claude Monet's gardens in Giverny -are transformed on canvas into compositions full of dynamism, depth, and energy. Flickering light and vivid hues suggest the constant movement of the sun across a canopy or a petal, giving the paintings a pronounced spatial effect. De Vliegher's gardens invite a sensory immersion. These monumental works -regardless of their size -show more than mere botanical motifs: they draw the viewer into a colorful, ever-changing world where nature and perception merge into one radiant, layered whole.