Anna Tatton: Garden of Earthly Delights

Anna Tatton’s drawing has this precision that never reads as overworked. Everything is packed in—figures, patterns, spaces—but it has this ease to it, like she knew exactly where each line needed to go. The title’s a Bosch reference, which makes sense, but she’s not doing homage or pastiche; she’s using that visual language as a starting point. The real skill is in the decisions—where to leave room and where to bury detail, so your eye knows what to settle on. Most work this dense tips into preciousness. Hers doesn’t. That restraint is what makes it land.