Bird on a Plinth Still Lifes Perhaps the earliest LGBT+ referenced

Perhaps the earliest LGBT+ referenced painting we’ve yet had at P & H……

upon an over-painting

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

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

Sheffer’s work is presumably an illustration intended for publication in a mainstream magazine

Bird on a Plinth Still Lifes Perhaps the earliest LGBT+ referencedMixed 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.