Portfolio > Feather Birds

The Feather Bird paintings began the winter of 2019 after the beginning of the pandemic. They were inspired by Mexican Huichol beadwork and yarn paintings.
The original feather birds were made for the Mexican tourist trade starting in the 1940's. The feather birds are often beautiful and well done but the background painting is mostly banal.
After looking at the two I had collected years ago I decided to repaint the backgrounds.

Feather Bird 27
Mixed Media, gouache
6" x 8"
2021
Feather Bird 23
Mixed Media, gouache
5"x 7"
2021
Feather Bird 22
Mixed Media, gouache
5"x 7"
2021
Feather Bird 39
Mixed Media, gouache
3 1/2 x 5 1/2
2021
Feather Bird 38
Mixed Media, gouache
3 1/2 x 5 1/2
2021
Feather Bird 37
Mixed Media, gouache
3 1/2 x 5 1/2
2021
Feather Bird 36
Mixed Media, gouache
3 1/2 x 5 1/2
2021
Feather Bird 28
Mixed Media, gouache
3 1/2 x 5 1/2
2021
Feather Bird 11
Mixed Media, gouache
7" x 14"
2021
Feather Bird 10
Mixed Media, gouache
7" x 14"
2021
Feather Bird 14
Mixed Media, gouache
4" x 7"
2021
Feather Bird 6
Mixed Media, gouache
4" x 7"
2021
Feather Bird 5
Mixed Media, gouache
4" x 7"
2021
Feather Bird 4
Mixed Media, gouache
4" x 7"
2021
Feather Bird 41
Mixed Media, gouache
5" x 8"
2021
Feather Bird 40
Mixed Media, gouache
5" x 8"
2021
Feather Bird 34
Mixed Media, gouache
5" x 16"
2021
Feather Bird 33
Mixed Media, gouache
5" x 16"
2021