Matboard - The Garden

It’s title, The Garden, denotes a manicured, planned space where only the beautiful is cultivated. Within this environment stands a single Pohutukawa tree surrounded by a circle of vegetation on a small round plain. This sole tree holds twelve native birds, each representing the hours of a clock. In the center stands the Tui, the poster child of the New Zealand forest. All content revolves around his tuft of white feathers, which holds the center position of the entire composition. Under the shade of the tree rests a contraption; the time traveling device from the 1960 movie The Time Machine. It is passive and out of place within these manicured grounds as if it has just arrived. Linked to this oddity and the other representations of time, is the only bird flying - an extinct Huia. A metaphor of the threat of extinction to our native species. With advances in cloning and genetic reconstruction, resurrecting long-gone species like the Huia could become a reality. We are on the cusp of being able to distort and control time through the de-extinction of what was once lost to us.

Barry is a lover of New Zealand wildlife and an incredibly talented artist. He spends most of his days in a small room with his music playing and a pencil or a brush in hand - scribbling out ideas in charcoal and paint. Barry is involved in Pest Free NZ and his art reflects many important ideas like conservation, the rising waters and habitat destruction. All of our pieces are printed, matted and framed courtesy of the artist himself.

All of our pieces are printed, matted and framed courtesy of the artist himself. This means our range of Barry Ross prints and framed artworks are of the highest quality and reproduced to the artists own meticulous standards. “Our range of high quality fine art prints is produced onto either a smooth matte 210gsm art paper or a 300gsm premium etching archival paper. These prints are created utilizing the very latest technology, highest quality archival inks for the finest detail, colour depth and long life of the reproduction

Fine Art Matted Print (Unframed)

The Matboard sizes  |  300 x 300mm   

The Print size  |  195 x 195mm