A Garden in Nassau 1885

Winslow Homer's "A Garden in Nassau" (1885) is a vibrant watercolor painting capturing the lush tropical landscape of the Bahamas. The composition features a towering palm tree with coconuts, its fronds casting shadows on a whitewashed wall, and a young Bahamian girl standing on a dirt path. Homer's use of bold colors and loose brushstrokes imbues the painting with a sense of immediacy and warmth, characteristic of his later works that celebrated the beauty of nature and the lives of everyday people.