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| Vivien Blackburn |
Vivien sent me these exquisitely-defined feathers collected by her students on a nature walk. As there was no sign of the previous owner, they had to guess what birds might have lost them – poor things will be missing that lovely downy warmth, whoever they are!
In fact Vivien was quite sure an owl and a quail were involved, but I went ahead and did some speculation of my own after noticing this disgruntled cat (I wish I could draw cats as easily and expressively as Vivien!) on the stamp on the back of the card…. I know cats don’t have feathers, but I believe this one suspects Vivien has hi-jacked his colour scheme for that lovely big feather in the middle. This is not a working cat BTW, Vivien’s postcard was carefully enclosed in an envelope, with a regular British stamp, so the Queen did the heavy work in getting this tiny perfect masterpiece all the way from England to Victoria in a record four days! 
6 comments:
What lovely feathers! The background colour sets them off beautifully
These are wonderful feathers. I can feel their softness. Very well done! Great observation!
Great to see Vivien using different mediums from card to card, as suits the particular subject. This is lovely. I agree with Pat, Vivien's caught the softness wonderfully.
Still life seems to become popular on our postcards and I like it. :).
Oh, I remember your feathers with the Flying pictures project...and these are an addition to the file of beautiful feathers you draw...such soft touch ...I swear they move when I breather her in front of the screen!
Ronelle
Every time I stop to pick up a feather, I think of you, Vivien they've become your signature along with those lovely Cornish seascapes. Your passion for the subject is so evident in this beautiful card.
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