Patience in Bloom by Iona Gilburt Travel Japanese decorative surface

Japanese decorative surface

Langoustines On Blue arranges a pile of coral-coloured crustaceans against a deep

with koi fish navigating a dense surface of lily pads

The forms are stripped back to pure contour — petals like hand-cut gestures

There is a theatricality here rooted in the artist's broader fascination with decadence and the emotional charge of everyday objects elevated to the level of obsession

Patience in Bloom by Iona Gilburt Travel Japanese decorative surfacePatience in Bloom draws from Iona Gilburt's meditative practice of freehand linework to render a figure in a state of quiet, floral transformation. Petals and organic forms grow from and around the subject, blurring the boundary between body and nature in a way that feels earned rather than decorative. The composition balances asymmetry with a deep underlying calm dense with detail but never overwhelming, surreal in its logic but rooted in close