A Feather Trapped on Wire
Something I spotted that made me smile at Geevor Tin Mine in Cornwall. I like the contrast of the soft and hard.
Something I spotted that made me smile at Geevor Tin Mine in Cornwall. I like the contrast of the soft and hard.
6 x 6″ (15 x 15 x 4cm) Original painting – mixed media on canvas (acrylic, spray paint, charcoal). A small, semi-abstracted canvas featuring two feathers. This series of petite paintings evolved from a simple sketch of a found feather, and the colours from winter sunset landscape paintings I had been working on previously. The …
16 x 16″ (40 x 40 x 4cm) Original painting – acrylic on canvas. This piece was based on one on a tiny collage I made, which I used as inspiration for this bigger painting. I had in mind a modern take on Victorian specimin collectors, boxes of treasures… I collected items from around my …
Highlighting the symmetry of the structure of a feather using macro photography.
Sunlight captured in a feather illustrating it’s symmetry and fine texture (2010). Taken with a macro lens in natural (bright) sunlight.