Description
I reign my inner world
Acrylic on Loose Canvas
120 × 150 cm
R28 000
I reign my inner world is a large, lyrical abstract that feels like a garden dissolving into pure sensation. Soft greens, dusty pinks, peach and cream wash across the canvas in loose, layered strokes, threaded through with rust-red lines and flashes of yellow and black. Julie Tugwell suggests stems, petals and drifting foliage without pinning anything down, so the whole surface shimmers with gentle, overlapping movement.
The mood is calm yet quietly alive. The muted, harmonious palette gives the painting a soft, atmospheric glow, while the scattered darker marks add rhythm and keep the eye travelling across the surface. True to its title, it reads as an interior landscape, a private, imagined space of light, growth and quiet energy rather than a literal scene.
At 120 × 150 cm this is a generous, statement-scale work that fills a large wall with softness and light. Its gentle greens and pinks make it easy to live with, working beautifully in a spacious lounge, bedroom, gallery wall or calm reception space where it can bring warmth and a sense of tranquil sophistication.
Style
Julie Tugwell is a contemporary South African artist whose work shares qualities with expressive, painterly traditions, favouring energetic brushwork and an emotional response to her subject over strict realism. In her abstracts she builds atmosphere through layered colour, gesture and line rather than fine detail, letting the surface breathe and shift. Whether painting in bold hues or restrained, tonal shades, she captures the mood and vitality of a subject rather than a literal likeness, creating original artworks that bring warmth, character and considered sophistication to contemporary interiors.
Please note: Images are provided as a guide to the artwork’s size and style. As each original painting is photographed under different lighting conditions and viewed on different screens, colours may vary slightly from the original artwork.
