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Max Naylor’s “Ascension” rises through a richly layered garden scene, where towering trees, oversized fungi, curling plant forms, and glowing flowers create a sense of upward movement. The artwork feels lush and imaginative, with the composition leading the eye from the dense botanical foreground into a warm, light-filled sky.
Deep green, golden yellow, coral, red, teal, blush pink, and warm ochre tones fill the paper with vivid detail. Naylor’s India ink linework gives the landscape a crisp, intricate quality, defining each leaf, stem, tree, and organic form with remarkable precision. The tall mushroom-like structures on the right create a strong vertical rhythm, while rounded forms and clustered blossoms give the lower half of the composition a rich, abundant feeling. The result feels vibrant, fantastical, and full of growth, as though the entire landscape is reaching toward the light.
• 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. In “Ascension,” his process creates a sense of height and vitality, transforming a dense woodland setting into a bright, animated world filled with upward energy.
