White Bird Rising

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At first glance this painting is a straightforward still life, warm in colour and richly painted. A table top spread with a patterned, dark red cloth is tilted towards us. Its surface almost fills the picture, but the summary indication of the top and bottom edges remind us that it occupies a three-dimensional space. In the centre is a stoneware pot filled with sunflowers and a few other small flowers. There are two other small vases of flowers on the table, some scattered flowers and petals, a plate with two pears on it and a small decorative teapot. The most mysterious feature of the picture is the white bird that gives it its title. This is a familiar motif in the artist's work and indeed at one point the family kept white fantailed pigeons.

Heriot-Watt University

Edinburgh

Title

White Bird Rising

Date

1977

Medium

oil on board

Measurements

H 74.7 x W 100 cm

Accession number

WA.199

Acquisition method

gift

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

D. McClure

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