'Tortilla Flat' (homage to Steinbeck)
Tortilla Flat (Homage to Steinbeck)
Category: Paintings
Artist: Chris Gollon
Subject: Homage
Year of Work: 2007
Media: acrylic on canvas
Size: 16" x 20"
SOLD. This work is a Gollonesque homage to Steinbeck and his novel Tortilla Flat, in which the alcoholic tramps hide their caches of booze from each other in and about the Californian countryside.
Celebrity chef Bjorn van der Horst and his wife Justine have just begun to collect Chris Gollon's 's paintings and are admirers of his work, (as Chris Gollon is of Bjorn's cuisine). Previously, Bjorn was chef patron at Gordon Ramsay Holdings’ La Noisette in Knightsbridge where he won a Michelin star within six months of opening.
His exciting new solo venture 'Eastside Inn', a large new restaurant for fine dining, and also a brasserie in St John St, London EC1 has now opened, and has incorporated Chris Gollon's paintings into the interior design. (Interior design by Carole Cobban of Amalgam). So to enjoy fine dining in the new restaurant or brasserie, and to view this painting and other Gollons on display, or to find out more click: Eastside Inn
