Mary Newcomb British, 1922-2008
Birds Scattering around a Tree, 1988
Oil on canvas
50 x 66 inches / 127 x 167.6 cm
Signed, dated and titled verso
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