Birth reflections / Caroline Walker.

"Caroline Walker is a renowned British painter of contemporary life, most known for painting women at work and often behind the scenes. This new series of paintings sees her capture midwives, doctors, orderlies and mothers, following her recent residency at the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Maternity Wing at University College London Hospitals (UCLH). They are inspired by a series of four paintings by Frederick Cayley Robinson 'Acts of Mercy'. These large paintings originally hung in the foyer of Middlesex hospital, of which The Fitzrovia Chapel is now the only remaining building. After the Middlesex Hospital was closed in 2005 and shortly after demolished, the paintings were acquired by the Wellcome Collection nearby. This exhibition by Caroline Walker from her time in the maternity wing presents three large paintings at the exact size as the Cayley Robinson's within the chapel, as well as a series of ink drawings and oil sketches at UCLH."-- Provided by publisher.