The Garden Of Madness

- The Castle Of Flowers

"The Castle of Flowers is built on a pinnacle of rock at the southern end of the pass, connected to the road on its ledge by a stout drawbridge, guarded day and raised at night. The Halberd river plunges over a sheer, two hundred feet drop just above this point, forming a foaming torrent beneath the drawbridge.

To the south of the crag on which their castle stands, the Shekar family had, during the early years of their ownership, set out many acres of gardens... Later the fifth Marquis...had used the gardens for darker purposes, producing dangerous carnivorous plants. These gardens had been allowed to run wild, and were now seldom visited."

Pen & ink on cartridge paper
14cmx22cm.

A huge castle built on a cliff beside a waterfall

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