Garden 

This is Yoko d’Holbachie’s painting “Garden,” and the first thing you might notice is its delightful oddness. The canvas is alive with vibrant, almost fantastical forms set against a dark backdrop, creating a visual feast that’s both inviting and slightly unsettling. D'Holbachie masterfully plays with scale and composition. Note the stylized figures, the larger ones dominating the foreground with their wide eyes and curious expressions. These elements evoke a sense of wonder, reminiscent of childhood dreams or fantastical tales. The meticulous details—ornate filigree framing, the patterns on the 'fruit'—juxtapose organic and geometric motifs. This approach seems to mirror the structuralist idea that underlying patterns govern our perceptions. In a world saturated with images, D'Holbachie seems to ask, how do we truly see? Is it through the familiar or through a lens that distorts, disrupts, and ultimately, transforms? I invite you to reflect on how these formal qualities might challenge fixed meanings and expand our perception of reality.