Capability Brown: Stairway To Heaven

A Commemorative Painting, 2 x 3 meters, that in topographical terms describes the landscape as it was shaped by Capability Brown in the area around Milton Abbey, Dorset and as a history focuses on two key figures in the life of that landscapes: Athelstan, King of the Anglo-Saxons from 924 to 927 and King of the English from 927 to 939, and Capability Brown "England's Greatest Gardener" 1716 – 1783.

About the exhibition:
2016 marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown, a designer who changed the national landscape and created a style which has shaped people’s picture of the quintessential English countryside. He transformed the face of eighteenth century England, designing country estates and mansions, moving hills and constructing flowing lakes and serpentine rivers, a magical world of green. He was responsible for more than 200 gardens and parks, and over 150 still survive today.

This major exhibition, ’A Capability Brown Experience’ includes a new film featuring John Phibbs, the leading expert on Brown, as narrator; artwork by Royal Academician Stephen Farthing; artist and author Tim Scott- Bolton; eleven artists of Dorset Visual Arts; embroidery from the National Association; interactive digital imagery; photography from a range of leading photographers, and games for children.