In late 1995, Chris Gollon began his first series of works on a single theme: 'On the Road to Narragonia', looking at human folly, and this is the first painting of the series. Gollon was already using the music he played in his studio to help him judge whether a painted image had the same energy as the music. At this time he was also seeking in his work that same feeling of travelling that Bob Dylan achieves in ballads such as 'Desolation Row', which informs the series.

This painting in acrylic and mixed media on panel is varnished, and was purchased in the late 1990s by English comedian, broadcaster, drag queen, actor and writer Paul O'Grady (1955 - 2023). The painting is featured in the documentary 'CHRIS GOLLON: Life in Paint', with Paul's widower André Portasio speaking about the painting and why Paul treasured it.

It is reproduced in the first exhibition catalogue on the series, with a text by art historian Mary Rose Beaumont (Published by IAP Fine Art, 1997, ISBN: 978-0-9530584-0-2).

This painting is also reproduced in Tamsin Pickeral's book 'CHRIS GOLLON: Humanity in Art' (Hyde & Hughes, 2010). Pickeral writes a chapter on the Narragonia series inspired by Bosch's painting 'The Ship of Fools', itself inspired by Sebastian Brant's allegorical poem of the same name (c. 1494) in which fools set sail for Narragonia, the fool's paradise. Gollon sets his foolish characters on a road to Narragonia, like a road movie in paint, and shows with great empathy how human nature does not change.