The artist's garden, Tree Cottage, Upper Basildon

Spencer often painted his own garden, almost always choosing a rear perspective. His love of farms carried over into an interest into kitchen gardens, tools, fences and undergrowth, and he rarely painted flower borders or manicured front gardens.

Date: c. 1936-7
Inscriptions: lr: Gilbert Spencer
Tags: Landscape, Oil Paintings
Medium: Oil on canvas
Height (mm): 407
Width (mm): 508
Location: Private collection
Provenance: Gift from the artist to a private collector; their sale, Christie's, London 7 June 2002 lot 21