Imaginary Landscapes
Blenheim Crescent Gallery
London, UK
2006
© Cristina Rodriguez
Ref: CR06-18
Title:
Not Even the Mermaid Could Save the Whale
Year: 2006
Medium: Oil on linen
Size: 60 x 91 cm
Private collection
“This exhibition was inspired by my 2003, 2004 and 2005 trips to South Africa, Peru and Chile, as well as magical moments I had experienced closer to home: the whale stranded in front of the Houses of Parliament, the wild horses of Mendip Hills in Somerset, an encounter with a woodpecker in the woods, a young man in Paris sitting on a windowsill playing his guitar. Years later, I understood that this exhibition was my farewell to London and to a way of life that I Ioved profoundly.”