A Formal Garden Canvas Print

Vintage art, digitally retouched. The original is in the Getty Museum, though not presently on view. From their catalog: Prosperous eighteenth-century Dutch citizens were so proud of their gardens that they hired artists like Johannes Janson to record them for posterity. The estate shown here may have been located in the province of Noordholland, north of Amsterdam. The picture shows the wealth and the sophisticated leisure afforded by the estate: the promenade at left leads to farmland, while the path at right leads to a shipping scene, two primary sources of Holland's prosperity. The flower gardens in the foreground form a broderie parterre, literally "embroidery flower bed"; these gardens were often designed by the same artists who made drawings for bedspreads, bed hangings, and other items. They were not filled with flowers but with a contrasting soil or gravel, neatly framed with small box plants. Used by permission.

Audrey Jeanne is an artist in acrylics, watercolor and pastels. She has had the incredible joy and privilege of seeing her art placed on many thousands of products. Ranging from home decor, fabric lines, wedding stationery, wearable arts, crafting, stationery and as a published illustrator and author of inspirational gift books. She never grows tired of spending her days working at a career she passionately loves, and her great loves often become the subjects of her work. Having been born and raised in San Diego, the ocean and all the creatures within feature significantly in her work. Recently moving to the mountains has opened her heart to painting forest, mountain, lodge and lake designs. Audrey Jeanne loves to garden and the...