One of Michael Cheney’s favorite places in Chicago is the Lincoln Park Conservatory. As one enters one is met with this idyllic scene that inspired the painting Pre-Raphaelite Reality Upon Entering the Lincoln Park Conservatory. Cheney loves the abundant detail, intense colors, complex compositions and attentive interpretation of nature seen in the work of the Pre-Raphaelites. PreRaphaelite Reality Upon Entering the Lincoln Park Conservatory is painted in Cheney’s unique Postmodern Impressionist style. It is part of Postmodern Impressions, an exhibition of paintings, drawings, and limited edition graphics at the famed Atlas Galleries on Chicago’s North Michigan Avenue. This work explores the unique character of the contemporary city, and its people