Feathers from Friends
They've all flown from far away places to live with me.
Some have been delivered in person & others by post over the years.
Each one a treasured gift. Thank you friends! You know me well.
That gorgeous cobalt blue vintage inkwell is a gift by my sweet friend Margie.
and those orange beauties in the last photo are pomegranate calyxes
from my friend Julia's tree in San Miguel.
posted by Geninne at 8:47 AM
gorgeous feathers!.... as well as your art on that stone....
Oh, I have a thing for feathers, too.... I once was the steward of an enormous collection of feathers from all over the world. From HUGE condor feathers to teeny tiny hummingbird feathers. I felt gifted with a sort of feather prayer blessing, it was truly remarkable. Sadly, they had to return to the naturalist who collected them.
If you would like to see a sample of the larger ones, go to: http://ravenwoodforestarts.com/?page_id=136
and scroll down...
Oh, so impressive!
I adore the colours and shapes.
Divinísimas Geninne! qué tesoros!
Bellísimas!!! : La foto del tintero es un sueño: perfecta combinación de la creación del hombre y la nauraleza!!!
bellissime....come dipinte.
francesca
l love your feathersx l too collect feathers but nothing as beautiful as yours. I LOVE your stone painting tooxx I love visiting your blogx lyndax
Beautiful feathers, I too collect feathers, I don't know what it is about them, they are delicate yet strong. Yours are so colourful. They will be fabulous to paint.
What a beautiful collection. I would love to know th bird names of some of them especialy the spotty, red-orange and the blues. Love the stone, too.
Jenni
Those feathers are gorgeous! Love the small blue ones :o) How precious!
Oh my! Such a fun collection. Geninne, what are those small striped blue ones from? I adore them.
Mary Jo
Wonderful!!!!!
hey girl, with so many feathers you really must be a bird:)
oh be still my heart!! I love feathers and love to paint them! What a fabulous collection - I may just have to borrow your idea and asked friends to send some my way as well ;)
Ausome art your work is very nice
Very Nice Work
this blog is very nice and his or her art is excellent.
Cada pluma, tan hermosas y perfectas. Que buenos amigos haha ojala mis amigos me regalaran esa clase de cosas hermosas.
Saludos, como siempre tu blog me causa un choque de alegrías.
Feathers work on so many levels; far better than any plastic shop-bought souvenir, something easy to carry and hold and a symbol of flight and freedom. What a great way to share with folk from around the world.
OMG! My foot twin! My mother makes fun of my toes...still. She calls them short. I call them pretty. lol
So beautiful! Thank you for sharing. I have never seen spotted feathers.
Laura
Hi Geninne, I LOVE your blog. And I love feathers...I wanted to "pin" them, but I can't seem to...any ideas? Or do you not want them pinned?
Your beautiful palette surrounds you in so many ways.
never get tired of blues and browns - always so great together!
ALL of your collections are gorgeous:) You have such incredible talent...in SO many ways..I LOVE visiting here..I am ALWAYS inspired!!! XXXOOO
so very beautiful.
-mari
I JUST LOVE YOUR FEATHER COLLECTION. I STARTED ONE A FEW YEARS BACK AND ALSO HAVE A COLLECTION IN A SMALL VASE. I ALSO COLLECT BIRD'S NESTS. I HAVE ONE NEST MADE FROM OUR BELOVED NOW PASSED GOLDEN RETRIEVER'S SOFT BROWN HAIR. IT WAS PERFECT FOR THE BABY BIRDS. GLAD TO KNOW HE COULD SHARE SOME OF THAT FUR FOR SUCH A WONDERFUL USE!
Such beautiful feathers! I love the blue ones!
gorgeous!!!
I love these photos!!!
Awesome pictures.Your are done great job here.thank you so much.
Flowers Toronto
years ago I saw a series where
a photographer had found relatives of
people who posed for john singer sargent paintings and
he took photos of them that were reminiscent of the original pictures.
they were quite wonderful.
Pictures to paintings
photos to paintings
photo to painting
picture to painting
painting from photo
Nice..so impressive
sms