Artistic Fly Tying

[Dave_W]

Continuing with my project of combining fly tying with fine art....

Painting extremely small is something of a niche fine art field - a very difficult one - and I've been doing this by painting on feathers. Once done, if the piece turns out, I then incorporate the feather into a finished fly. In this case, the painting of the trout is about an inch and a half in length. It is acrylic and rendered without magnification using the smallest brushes and a pin for fine details.

The finished fly is about 2.5" in length and will be dispalyed in a custom, driftwood shadow box frame I have designed.

 

[NewSal]

Dave_W wrote:
Continuing with my project of combining fly tying with fine art....

Painting extremely small is something of a niche fine art field - a very difficult one - and I've been doing this by painting on feathers. Once done, if the piece turns out, I then incorporate the feather into a finished fly. In this case, the painting of the trout is about an inch and a half in length. It is acrylic and rendered without magnification using the smallest brushes and a pin for fine details.

The finished fly is about 2.5" in length and will be dispalyed in a custom, driftwood shadow box frame I have designed.

Holy crap Dave. That is really something else. Great job

 

[Fly-Swatter]

Beautiful and very impressive!

 

[outsider]

Green with envy, beautiful!

 

[Vaughn]

That is quite impressive!

 

[whheff]

Beautiful!!

 

[Maurice]

Very impressed.

 

[MathFish]

That is awesome on a whole new level! I can’t even imagine how much effort and time that you must have put in to produce that! Very impressive!

 

[laszlo]

Amazing

 

[dc410]

Beautifully done, Dave.

 

[Tigereye]

That, sir, is truly fine art. Kudo's

 

[poopdeck]

Wow, I can't draw stick figures in a sketch pad. How the heck do you paint perfect looking trout on a feather with a pin? Impressive.

 

[BrookieChaser]

I can't imagine the patience it takes to produce something like that. That's a very impressive piece, Dave.

 

[acesedgley]

Hugely awesome talent, patience, and steady hands!!
Would have made an exceptional surgeon!

 

[fter]

I'm with wveetone else, that's one of the coolest things I've seen.

 

[Fly5]

WOW, AWESOME!!

 

[STONEMAN]

Cool. Dave, you have to read The Feather Heist about the nut jobs that tie that stuff.

 

[Dave_W]

Thanks for the many compliments.

Here's the final piece mounted in the custom driftwood frame I designed and triple matted with spacers.

 

[LongLineRelease]

That’s crazy amazing