The World is But a Single Garden (tryptic)

Oil on Canvas
65 x 75 cm each

This triptych draws on Zen and Buddhist writings that speak of humanity’s shared existence.
The Japanese poet-monk Ryōkan (1758–1831) writes that “all people live by drinking from the same water” and that “all of us stand upon the same earth.” Nichiren (1222–1282), the Buddhist reformer, envisioned the world as “a single garden.” These texts appear across the three canvases like blossoms unfolding, their soft tones of peach, pink, and red carrying a quiet radiance.

Woven gently among them is an Irish proverb ‘Ní neart go cur le chéile’ (there is no strength without unity) – a return to the artist’s own heritage that echoes the same enduring truth. Together, the works affirm that as humans we share one existence, sustained by one earth, one water, one light.