THE SECRET GARDEN The Secret Garden is a reminder of the world beneath the water surface. A world we don‘t know well enough. The book is about a little gardener who takes care of his garden in the deep sea. The gardener lives in a fantastic world that is hidden from us, in a world that people do not appreciate, that we humans only destroy and exploit. Here he experiences a nature that is full of miracles. Coral trees that bloom, jellyfish that illuminate the night sky, rays that bring stories from far away. Looking out of his window, we only can start dreaming and hope that this world will continue to survive for a long time.
Growing up in the land of The Blue Rider (Kandinsky, Macke, Franz Marc…), C A R O L I N E R E I S S N E R was inspired early by the imaginative fantastic picture world of this lake and mountain landscape. After successful years in the field of communication design and media design in Munich, she has been working as a freelance artist since 2016 and has been enrolled since then at the HAW in the lllustration Design Department. In 2019, during a semester abroad at the Griffith University in Brisbane / Australia, she discovered her love for fantastic natural worlds and the small hidden details. www.caroline-reissner.de
J U R Y R E P O R T The Secret Garden presents the
reader with a fantastical marine world, abundant with magnificent and beautiful sea life and cared for by a mysterious, diminutive gardener. Caroline’s ambitious, dramatic compositions, vivid tonal contrasts and skilful use of media combine to great effect. We are immersed in a deeply atmospheric, dream-like environment which draws the viewer in to its unfolding narrative. The Secret Garden serves as a celebration of our often times hidden planet as well as a reminder of our duty to protect its future survival.
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