The Fool On The Hill
The Fool On the Hill
Category: Paintings
Artist: Chris Gollon
Subject: Still Life
Year of Work: 2007
Media: acrylic on canvas
Size: 19.75" x 39"
£4,250. This painting takes its title and partial inspiration from The Beatles' song, and features a broken, almost sculptural, guitar on a lonely moonlit hill. the underpainting is is yellow, so when Gollon scratched through the black to reveal it, the outlines become an electric yellow. The instrument seems to be fading away from its outlines, like a soul leaving the body.
To purchase this work, or for further information, please contact: IAP Fine Art, London. T: 0844 561 1833.
This work is available for sale from IAP Fine Art, but is on display at Eastside Inn. 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 or contact us for further information.
