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It’s been a while since I last posted any feather paintings, so here’s a batch of mini feathers (yes, I’m still painting them).

The first depicts a Welsh red kite painted on a woodcock wing feather with two chinchilla cock hackles for backing and wooden beads. This I gave as a gift to Jennifer, a tremendously kind person and fellow artist whom I consider to be a good friend. She has supplied me with many beautiful and rare feathers (including the ones seen here) that would otherwise be very hard for me to get hold of. This was my thank you present to her, for she mentioned how much she loves red kites.
The second depicts a fossa painted (once again) on a woodcock wing feather with a cream and cinnamon hackle backing and wooden beads. This particular feather was commissioned by the wonderful Cindy (Lennan) and I was very happy for the chance to paint such an unusual animal as the subject for a feather, as I had never attempted a fossa before.
And lastly, the third feather is the most recently created (I was feeling inspired after watching Dances With Wolves, and this was the inevitable result), depicting an American paint horse on a woodcock (ok, so I’m in love with these feathers) wing feather with a rare copper pheasant rump feather backing and imitation heishi beads. He’s quite a pretty one, and I have been considering offering him up at auction. Would anyone here be interested in him if I did?

Well, that’s everything. All that’s left to say now is ‘woodcock feathers rule!’

(Artwork © Leona Preston 2006/’07)

Please remember to respect my Copyrights!

Description
It’s been a while since I last posted any feather paintings, so here’s a batch of mini feathers (yes, I’m still painting them).

The first depicts a Welsh red kite painted on a woodcock wing feather with two chinchilla cock hackles for backing and wooden beads. This I gave as a gift to Jennifer, a tremendously kind person and fellow artist whom I consider to be a good friend. She has supplied me with many beautiful and rare feathers (including the ones seen here) that would otherwise be very hard for me to get hold of. This was my thank you present to her, for she mentioned how much she loves red kites.
The second depicts a fossa painted (once again) on a woodcock wing feather with a cream and cinnamon hackle backing and wooden beads. This particular feather was commissioned by the wonderful Cindy (Lennan) and I was very happy for the chance to paint such an unusual animal as the subject for a feather, as I had never attempted a fossa before.
And lastly, the third feather is the most recently created (I was feeling inspired after watching Dances With Wolves, and this was the inevitable result), depicting an American paint horse on a woodcock (ok, so I’m in love with these feathers) wing feather with a rare copper pheasant rump feather backing and imitation heishi beads. He’s quite a pretty one, and I have been considering offering him up at auction. Would anyone here be interested in him if I did?

Well, that’s everything. All that’s left to say now is ‘woodcock feathers rule!’

(Artwork © Leona Preston 2006/’07)

Please remember to respect my Copyrights!