The Gates VII - after William Blake - 2006 by Stephen Chambers (RA)

One of a series of works created in 2006 inspired by and with direct reference to William Blake (1757 - 1827).

In the artist's own words:

"I am interested in people that belong nowhere. The mavericks, the misfits, the outliers. Those people that couldn’t join a gang, even if they wished to. This is Blake; The singular outsider wrestling with his place in the world."; and with the paintings being "Reverential love letters to an artist who was the ‘gate-master of the misfits’ club’."

Private collection, Wiltshire - acquired from Flowers gallery, London, 2006