Anthologia

We are thrilled to present the fifth artist in Anthologia, our year-long spotlight series. Each month, we have selected one artist and their response to a particular poem.

Max Naylor’s paintings share a strong affinity with the imaginative world-building of Coleridge’s poem, Kubla Khan. Both conjure realms that feel familiar yet dreamlike, shaped as much by inner vision as by the external world. Naylor’s instinctive process—drawing on memory, travel, and subconscious imagery—mirrors the poet’s evocation of a landscape formed through intuition and imagination, rather than literal observation.

 His paintings function as mindscapes: glimpses into an evolving alternate universe. This parallels the poem’s sense of a visionary terrain that unfolds in fragments, offering a partial yet compelling glimpse into a larger imaginative world. Like Coleridge’s creation, Naylor’s work transforms personal experience into a vivid inner geography.

Together, the poem and the paintings inhabit a shared space where creativity generates new worlds, and where the boundaries between reality and imagination dissolve into a richer, more atmospheric whole.

All work shown is for sale unframed, though framing is available so please contact us. Please contact us for larger works and commissions.