The Tea House Paintings

TM Gallery and JGM Gallery are delighted to present a solo exhibition of works by contemporary London-based artist Benjamin Deakin.

Deakin has a strong connection with mountains. His most recent visit to the Himalayas – the world’s highest mountain range – is the inspiration behind his latest solo exhibition, ‘The Tea House Paintings’.

The exhibition plays with the idea of the ‘framed’ perspectives of the snowy Himalayan peaks from inside a Nepalese tea house, with the repetition of furnishing patterns inspired by, among other influences, the designs of British 19th-century artist William Morris from a time when creative ideas were flowing from East to West. Deakin himself grew up among mountains, in England’s Lake District National Park.

This latest solo exhibition is made up of 10 paintings and 2 hand finished limited edition prints, all offering the viewer a perspective of life at over 4 km (2.5 miles) above sea level.