Bird on a Plinth Black & White The annual would get passed

The annual would get passed around elderly relatives at Christmas and old book shelves in back bedrooms would be mouldering with bound volumes of unread copies

The day trippers in small craft jostling in amongst the barges at a country lock are reminiscent of many 20th century painters

colourful tributes to the Paris of his childhood in a distinctive naive style

Dated 1882

rather affectionate painting

Bird on a Plinth Black & White The annual would get passedMixed 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.