Mary Newcomb British, 1922-2008
Birds Scattering around a Tree, 1988
Oil on canvas
127 x 167.6 cms / 50 x 66 inches
Signed, dated and titled
I am struggling to complete 'Birds Scattering Round a Tree'. I wanted to say how light comes through the thin feathers in small scattered patches - how birds appear fragile...
I am struggling to complete 'Birds Scattering Round a Tree'. I wanted to say how light comes through the thin feathers in small scattered patches - how birds appear fragile in structure, yet strong, and fly with powerful upthrusts and twists, pushing out enormous bursts of energy - their hearts pulsating wildly as anyone will know who has held a small bird in their hands.
30th March
Provenance
Crane Kalman Gallery, London
Private Collection, London purchased from the above
Literature
Mary Newcomb, Christopher Andreae, Lund Humphries Publishing, 1996, pl.149, p.167
Mary Newcomb, Crane Kalman Gallery, 12th April – 26th June 2021, illus. in colour
Mary Newcomb, Paintings and Drawings, 28 Oct-26 November 1988, illus. in colour on cover of exhibition catalogue