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The resulting paintings create imagined spaces where the domestic and the wild, memory and nature, quietly converge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally from the UK, Browne completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the National Art School in 2025 after establishing a successful botanical practice with work held in private collections internationally. Her recent practice embraces a more open, process-led approach, balancing botanical references with abstraction and expressive mark-making.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"night-garden-with-native-orchids","title":"Night Garden with Native Orchids","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Night Garden with Native Orchids' started with orchids, but the painting quickly moved away from strict observation. I wanted the flowers to feel almost suspended in the dark, with the garden becoming more imagined as the painting developed. 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