Artistic Flies

[Dave_W]

It's been awhile since I have posted one of my paintings on a feather. Here's a new piece - this is an original painting of a trout (1.5") that was done on a feather about 2" in length. These tiny paintings don't always work out, but when they do, I'll tie the feather into a fly and frame it in a shadowbox.

 

[DaveKile]

It's been awhile since I have posted one of my paintings on a feather. Here's a new piece - this is an original painting of a trout (1.5") that was done on a feather about 2" in length. These tiny paintings don't always work out, but when they do, I'll tie the feather into a fly and frame it in a shadowbox.

Dave very nice and a clever fly. Love the details. Are your eyes still that good or are you using magnifying glass?

 

[Bamboozle]

It's been awhile since I have posted one of my paintings on a feather. Here's a new piece - this is an original painting of a trout (1.5") that was done on a feather about 2" in length. These tiny paintings don't always work out, but when they do, I'll tie the feather into a fly and frame it in a shadowbox.

WOW!!

BTW - Is that stocked or wild...? 😉

 

[lars]

pretty cool. nice work.

 

[rrt]

That is truly amazing. I have trouble tying decent flies let alone doing a feather-painting and adding it to a fly. I could never even dream of doing that. Placed in a shadow box, it would be a wonderful addition to a fly-tying room. It must be nice to have talent.

 

[turkey]

Amazing work Dave. Thanks for sharing it.

 

[Dave_W]

Are your eyes still that good or are you using magnifying glass?

Thanks. Didn't use a magnifying glass for this one.

 

[MathFish]

Awesome work Dave! Thanks for sharing your work, it’s great to see trout artwork and it’s equally impressive to see it combined with a feather on a fly - keep it up!

You sharing this has inspired me to share some more of my fish carvings. I haven’t posted anything in a while and I just made 7 fish over the last two weeks that I will try to post in the next few days.

Thank you for your inspiration!

 

[PatchezMDM]

Wow!

 

[dc410]

Beautiful work, Dave!

 

[6xAdams(Jones)]

That fly has me wanting to bring back fedoras so I can attach it to the hatband. My grand pap wore a hat with three salmon flies attached.
The only artistic flies I've seen are green spun deer hair shaped with a razor into a Christmas tree.