The Garden Beneath

A monochrome graphite drawing presents a dreamlike vertical landscape of grasses, roots, insects, birds, and small skulls arranged across layered earthen forms. Delicate botanical outlines contrast with dense, dark hatching in the central soil sections, while a butterfly drifts above and a crawling insect animates the foreground. The unusual combination of flourishing life and skeletal remains gives the piece a quiet, contemplative tension, suggesting cycles of growth, decay, and renewal.