Hyperbolic Nature: La Florida, by Lillian Garcia Roig is a five-panel oil painting on canvas. It measures one hundred and forty-four inches wide by one hundred and fifty-six inches tall, overall. This equals twelve feet wide by thirteen feet tall. Three of the large rectangular canvases are stacked in a central column, in a landscape orientation. The two remaining canvases are placed on either side of the column, in portrait orientation, to form a large upside-down cross. Altogether, this large, irregular landscape showcases mangroves and palm canopies in a tropical setting. A mish mash of dense greenery crowds the space, gathered together to create an impressionistic topography. The central column of paintings is organized around a long palm tree. The top canvas contains the crown of palm fronds, the center canvas is interrupted by logs and tree trunks crossing in front of the palm tree, and the bottom canvas shows the exposed root network of mangroves as they plunge into shallow water. The two flanking canvases on either side of the column show more of the dense mangrove floor, filled to their edges with dense green palm fronds and tropical greenery. Generally, the thick exaggerated strokes of solid color make up the five planes assembled as puzzle pieces. The five canvasses come together to form this very large composition. The impressions of palm fronds burst like fireworks. The roots look like streamers as they trickle down to meet the water’s surface, casting crude curves across tree trunks made of shadows by the Florida sun. Electric blue hues peak through the negative spaces of the foliage and trunks, true to mangroves and swamps.