Ella Zadok is a British artist whose work unfolds at the intersection of observation and imagination, creating fragments of visual poetry grounded in the rhythms of the natural world. Trained in fine art in the UK and France, she draws deeply from the landscapes and plant forms that surround her.
Their practice begins with drawing—quiet, attentive studies of plants, gardens, and wild spaces. These sketches act as both research and ritual, a way of entering into what she describes as her univers végétal. Through repeated observation, shapes dissolve into gestures, patterns become atmospheres, and the familiar slips into abstraction.
Painting then becomes a process of translation: layering colour, erasing, rebuilding, and allowing intuition to guide the evolution of each work. Over time, the surface accumulates traces of decision and emotion, giving the final image a sense of both memory and movement. The resulting compositions blend structure with lyricism, offering viewers a contemplative space where botanical forms echo inner landscapes.
Living and working primarily in the south of France, with roots still in the UK, Ella continues to develop a body of work that bridges these environments—tender, exploratory, and always shaped by the quiet intelligence of nature.
