Maltese Artist’s Inner Garden On Display: A Lyrical Journey Of Creativity, Presence, And Emotional Bloom
Maltese artist, Julia Borg, has created a deeply intimate and luminous world with her latest exhibition “Inner Garden” which will be on display at the Phoenicia Malta hotel until 31st July.
Marking a turning point in her creative practice, Inner Garden unfolds as a visual and emotional dialogue between the artist and her environment.
“Over the past year”, Borg explains, “I’ve found myself opening up more — welcoming others into my life, and being welcomed in return. These exchanges became the light that nourished this collection”.
Each work is meant to reflect this shared resonance, brought to life through a bold and expressive hand. Painted while immersed in the rhythms of jazz, Borg’s process embraced spontaneity and emotion, colour often mixed directly on the canvas to evoke authenticity and surprise. Her palette, dominated by lush greens and radiant magentas, signals the vitality of inner landscapes in full bloom.
Through her art, Borg is trying to inspire the viewer to tend to their own inner garden, to be present and to create with intention. On the day of the exhibition’s launch, Borg wore a dress she sewed herself which complemented her art. The artist added that the dress is a symbolic gesture of returning to childhood dreams and the courage of creative beginnings.
“It wasn’t about the outcome,” Borg said, “but about the process—the act of creating something simply because I felt drawn to it.”
Inner Garden includes works with combined acrylic and oil to achieve depth, fluidity and expressive texture. Her layering of materials is meant to mirror the emotional strata of the year that inspired them.
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