Bird on a Plinth Still Lifes It’s one of my spin

It’s one of my spin the canvas and start again and again and again pieces - a chess game

Edward Seago painted this sketch for me in illustration of a conversation we had about the discipline of a limited palette

Intriguingly the lot was accompanied by an open letter from Grant in praise of Whitten so perhaps they were friends

In this piece the owl has become a sort of tribal costume but with a life of its own: Remaining standing long after its owner has departed

Bird on a Plinth Still Lifes It’s one of my spinMixed Earthenware and terracotta clays decorated with slips and oxides. Multiple firings including smoke firings. Burnished with wax. A bird with a blue head perches on a tall plinth that is decorated with arcane symbols. Dreaming of birds symbolises hope, harmony and freedom.