House of Solanum
By
Lara Cobden
2018
This painting was exhibited in the 165th Royal West of England Academy Open Exhibition 2017
http://www.rwa.org.uk/
A greenhouse at night, lit with a collection of poisonous plants, caged in a house within a house.
I'm interested in the healing properties of plants, and love the magic of the darker side of plants, kept captive in cages for fear of the harm they could do.
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