STILL LIFE
I like the decoration on pots, often with stories to tell with meaningful motifs and colours. The function and shape has a long history.
tea bowl with Crane, Japanese 18th CThe following five pictures are my versions of Richard Nott’s oil paintings ’POTS’. Mine are drawn in paint.
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plum blossom snuff bottle, China 18th Cgreen flask, Korea 15th Cblue cloisonne snuff bottle 18th C.tea bowl with tintsugi, Japan 17th COne of my first bought vases.A pepper in colour pencilsPlants in pots drawing with paintA second hand containerI like ceramic vessels, practical and colourful.Pretty vases and flowers are drawn in paint.Old thistles in a green pot.Blue ceramic pot I made specifically for pink/red/puple flowersCollage and pen of interior.Outside through a window.Cut up for collage.