This vibrant painting by Joanne Short celebrates the extraordinary abundance of Tresco Abbey Gardens — one of Cornwall’s most exotic and iconic horticultural treasures. With a rich palette and her trademark flat-perspective style, the artist transforms the garden’s tropical profusion into a joyous composition of shape and colour.

Towering palms line the horizon under a cloudless sky, their fronds silhouetted against the turquoise sea and rolling green headlands. In the foreground, a vivid tapestry of succulents, daisies, agapanthus, and torch lilies fills the canvas with energy and rhythm, echoing the musicality suggested by the title.

‘Botanical Symphony’ is a celebration of nature at its most colourful and curated, a painting that brings the lush vitality of the Scilly Isles into the heart of any interior. An exceptional original by one of Cornwall’s most distinctive contemporary painters.

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Description	Framed Original Painting
Artist	Cornish Artist Joanne Short (born 1967)
Signed by the Artist	Signed by Joanne Short
Painting size	24 x 24 inches
Medium	Oil on canvas
Framed size	32 x 32 inches
Frame type	Joanne Short: In the 1950s, simple neutral frames became popular for St Ives artists. Joanne chooses an off-white so the lightest tones appear in the painting. The moulding is a variation of 'Salvator Rosa' from Italy. Hand-finished in almond white paint.
Ready to hang	Strung with picture cord and ready to hang

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