Birdman Eric Thake

The one thing you notice when you start digging Eric Thake is his love of owls.

Someone else in suburban Melbourne loved owls enough to feature one on their portico entrance.

Eric liked it enough to snap this picture. A very wise house?

| Eric Thake, Owl House, 1953 |

And here is one of his famous linocuts.

| Eric Thake, The Itchy Owl, 1941 |

Julia Ritson

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