How Can It Get This Beautiful in Summer?

It is the question the title asks out loud, and it is one that Alice Gavin Atashkar seems genuinely unable to answer - not from lack of attention, but from an excess of wonder. How Can It Get This Beautiful in Summer? is a painting of pure amazement: the moment in high summer when the garden, the hedgerow, the park, the reserve has become so overwhelmingly lush and alive that looking at it starts to feel almost like disbelief. In a square format that contains the scene with a kind of joyful compression, the painting vibrates with the heat and abundance of the season; colour pushing against colour, green deeper than green, the whole surface alive with Alice's characteristic layering and mark-making. It speaks directly to what she calls the 'thin places' in the natural world: moments where beauty becomes so concentrated it tips into something that feels sacred. This is a painting that performs best in homes that are ready to be surprised - a kitchen that faces a garden, a landing that catches the light, a living room that wants something that will stop you in your tracks on an ordinary morning. For collectors looking for a work that captures a feeling rather than merely a subject, this is it. Available unframed.

Artist: Alice Gavin Atashkar

Year: 2026

Size: 100cm x 100cm 

Medium: Acrylic on Canvas

Framed: Unframed