Staring into Portsmouth artist Edward Gordon's "The Ballroom" painting, viewers typically drift onto the floor of a magnificent room, through it's windows and out to sea. It's dreamlike, surreal, and just how Gordon wanted it. "The Ballroom" by Edward Gordon "The Ballroom" is Gordon's conception of a view from the Wentworth-by-the-Sea Hotel in New Castle. Discussing the work, Gordon calls "The Ballroom" the most difficult of his many paintings. Completed in November after nine months of work, the original sold in a matter of days.
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