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Max Naylor’s “Arboretum” invites the viewer into a fantastical wooded landscape, where sculptural trees, dense foliage, and glowing flower forms create a world that feels both familiar and imagined. The composition has the feeling of a garden pathway opening through layered branches and richly patterned plant life, with each section revealing another pocket of color, texture, and movement.
Soft peach, pale yellow, deep teal, moss green, coral, and bright pink tones move across the paper with striking detail. Fine India ink lines define the trees and organic forms, giving the landscape an intricate, almost illuminated quality. Darker passages of forest frame the glowing center, while the vivid pink and coral plants in the foreground bring warmth and energy to the scene. The result feels lush, storybook-like, and full of small discoveries that unfold the longer it is viewed.
• Original artwork measuring 20 inches high and 26 inches wide
• Created with India ink on archival paper
• Unframed
• Signed by the artist in pencil on the lower right corner
This artwork is unframed, giving collectors the opportunity to select a frame that best suits their space. Free Los Angeles area delivery. Affordable Continental U.S. and global shipping are available. A certificate of authenticity issued by the gallery is included.
Max Naylor is a British artist based in Bristol, UK, where he is a studio holder at Spike Island and a tutor for the Royal Drawing School. Recognized with the Discerning Eye Drawing Bursary and Jacksons Painting Prize, Naylor creates intricate works on paper that merge botanical detail, imagined landscapes, and fluid India ink technique. His compositions often feel like living environments, built through layers of color, line, and organic form. In “Arboretum,” his process creates a vivid sense of depth and discovery, turning a wooded scene into something vibrant, atmospheric, and full of life.
