Original oil on canvas, framed in a floating white wood tray frame measuring 43 x 53 cm.

Here we are led up a tiled pathway, through blossoming trees and towards a glasshouse containing an abundant wilderness. The inspiration for this piece started with the story of Loddiges of Hackney, a Victorian hothouse and renowned nursery which used to sit close to the site of Hackney Town Hall. In execution and reimagining, Chris was then inspired by John Fothergill’s Botanic Garden created in the late 18th century - in what is now West Ham Park. Fothergill was a Physician and a Philanthropist who received rare species to cultivate in lieu of payments for his work as a Physician. At the time glasshouses were extremely rare due to a prohibitive tax on glass - a detail which re-appears throughout this exhibition.