Seth Birchall’s practice is rooted in both observation and memory, shaped by his lived experience of urban environments, and an ongoing longing for natural and communal spaces. For Birchall, the natural world holds a profound capacity for psychological and spiritual renewal. His paintings offer these spaces up not to instruct, but to feel – creating room for the viewer to bring their own memories, experiences, and sense of longing to the work.

This new body of work reflects Birchall’s inquiry into the architecture of urban space, and the diminishing presence of communal land: a resistance to environmental disorder, and a movement towards nature and harmony. “Tender the Orchard” explores public spaces as poetic and political sites – imagining orchards and glades as acts of generosity, memory, and ecological renewal.