Countless Edens

Bottengoms Farm (2015-18)

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Garden With Pots Wormingford 2015
Newspaper Box Wormingford 2015
Bamboo Shoots Path Wormingford 2015
Garden Seat Wild Daffodils Wormingford 2017
right panel Garden Seat Wild Daffodils Wormingford 2016
Brachyglottis Grasses Wormingford 2016
Pantry Wormingford 2017
Roses Wormingford 2016
Still Life Wormingford 2017
Table Garden Tools Wormingford 2017
Hazel Wormingford 2017
Wheelbarrow Garden Incinerator
Garden in Autumn
The Countryman Wormingford 2017
Hedgerow The Path To The Garden Wormingford 2016
Painting Wormingford 2017
for web Books Wormingford
Kittys Milk Wormingford
Mantelpiece II Cedrick Morris Ronald Blythe
Mantelpiece III Gainsborough Wormingford 2016
Mantelpiece I Ronald Blythe Miniture Wormingford 2016
‘Garden with Pots, Wormingford’, 2015
‘Newspaper Box, Wormingford’, 2015
‘Bamboo Shoots & Path, Wormingford’, 2015
‘Dyptich, Garden Seat & Wild Daffodils, Wormingford’, 2017
‘Dyptich, Garden Seat & Wild Daffodils (with Ronald collecting his newspaper), Wormingford’, 2017
‘Brachyglottis & Grasses, Wormingford’, 2016
‘Pantry, Wormingford’, 2017
‘Roses, Wormingford’, 2016
‘Still Life, Wormingford’, 2017
‘Table & Garden Tools, Wormingford’, 2017
‘Hazel, Wormingford’, 2017
‘‘Wheelbarrow & Garden Incinerator, Wormingford’,
‘Garden in Autumn, Wormingford’,
‘The Countryman, Wormingford’, 2017
‘Hedgerow (The Path to the Garden), Wormingford’, 2016
‘Painting (Bottongoms Farm by Gerald Blythe), Wormingford’, 2017
‘Books, Wormingford’,
‘Kitty's Milk, Wormingford’,
‘Mantelpiece I (Gainsborough), Wormingford’, 2016
‘Mantelpiece II (Ronald Blythe Miniature), Wormingford’, 2016
‘Mantelpiece III (Cedrick Morris & Ronald Blythe), Wormingford’, 2016

Countless Edens

Bottengoms Farm (2015-18)

Countless Eden’s is a body of work - made over the course of three years - in the house and garden of the writer Ronald Blythe. Both house and garden were formally the house of Blythe’s close friend, the painter John Nash. Comprising of seventeen colour photographs, including eight interiors, Countless Eden’s draws upon the rich English landscape traditions of both literature and painting.

The pictures depict a garden that was initially planted by Nash when he first moved to Suffolk in the mid-forties. The garden was established in order to supply source material for both his paintings and illustrations. He bequeathed the house - situated in on the Suffolk/Essex boarder to his close friend, the writer Ronald Blythe. Blythe has lived there since, and continues to cultivate and attend to the garden. This intimate space, and the landscape beyond, forms the fulcrum to much of his writing.

The interior photographs extend this discourse to allow the viewer to examine the relationship between Nash & Blythe through objects, possessions and personal motifs that also allude to the paintings and writing of both. Viewed as a body of pictures, the photographs contribute to the work of both painter and writer in a response to place & history.

Accompanying the images, there is a sound recording of the garden made by the sound artist, Stewart Bowditch, recorded over the duration of two hours.