Private Collection of Klaus and Margit Lother

One same size hand finished giclee on canvas exists of this painting in the private collection of Richard and Sascha Hebblethwaite

One of four paintings of the view of the Thames from Richmond Hill executed between 2012 and 2015. Exhibited at London View – Faine Furr Neiland at Richmond Atelier 2016

"When I lived in Richmond I admired the view from Richmond Hill and painted it four times on a larger scale. The view changes all the time. JMW Turner liked it too. The 18th c Portrait Painter and founder of the Royal Academy Joshua Reynolds also lived with this view and had the house on the hill 'Wick House' that overlooks it. What I particularly like about the view is its timeless quality and how it could be many places in the world dependent on the light and the weather conditions. Sometimes it takes on a mythical quality as with this painting I think. Through the depiction of the landscape I can reflect/ express my own feelings and emotions. I have always loved the landscape paintings by Claude Lorrain and how they are able to transport me to another world when I see them. I often go to the National Gallery to gaze at them for inspiration.

With this painting I wanted to explore the power of colour and light. Delacroix said “Everyone knows that yellow, orange and red inspire and represent ideas of joy, of riches, of glory and of love" and this is what I saw when I saw the sun go down behind the Thames one evening over this view. It was one of those transient moments I knew I had to capture in oils. In this painting detail melts away in favour of an overall feeling. It was a moment in nature that I witnessed. That’s how the best things happen. Often by chance and you have to be aware to record them. When I was painting it in my former studio in Ham, I also thought of the elements and fire in particular and Shakespeare’s lines 'O! for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention'- Christian Furr