Year: 2025
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Dimension: 925mm x 500mm

In Garden Series I, Smrita Swarup invites viewers into a dreamlike landscape where memory, nature, and emotion quietly intersect. The painting unfolds across a misty, impressionistic plane, where lotus-like blooms emerge from textured strokes of earth, water, and light. Rather than depicting a literal garden, Swarup evokes the essence of one –serene, reflective, and gently transformative.
 
The artist’s layered acrylic technique creates a weathered, time-touched surface, echoing the way nature ages, heals, and renews itself. Soft washes of greens, yellows, and muted pastels form a tranquil backdrop, while bursts of warm reds in the flowers anchor the composition with life and energy. The blooms appear to float, almost suspended, suggesting resilience and quiet strength amid shifting surroundings.
 
Swarup’s work often explores inner emotional landscapes, and this piece is no exception. Garden Series I becomes a metaphor for growth, an inner sanctuary where beauty unfolds in its own rhythm, unhurried and uncontained. The result is a contemplative visual poem, inviting the viewer to slow down, breathe, and reconnect with stillness.