This quiet, luminous original sets a single white feather drifting across a rich, mottled ground, painted by Robyn Clarke in acrylic on canvas. The feather curves diagonally through the centre of the canvas, its soft cream and ivory barbs touched with lilac, pale gold and blue, against a warm field of orange, rust, crimson and moss green.
Where her other acrylics are portraits of living birds, this one pares everything back to a single detail. The background is built up in dabbed, layered patches of colour that read like leaf litter or autumn light, deliberately loose so the feather stays the focus. Against it, fine, fluid strokes build a soft, loosely barbed feather, fluffed out along its whole length, while a single clean line marks the shaft running from the bare quill at the lower right up to the tapering tip.
It is a piece that rewards a slower look, the kind of small, overlooked moment from the bush that Robyn's eye for detail turns into something worth pausing over. Its warm palette and gentle subject make it an easy fit for living rooms, studies and quiet spaces where a full wildlife portrait might feel too busy.
This is a one-off original artwork. Once sold, it will not be available again.
The perfect addition to any nature lover's collection or an ideal centrepiece for those who appreciate original Australian art.
Specifications:
- Medium: Original acrylic on stretched canvas
- Size: 71cm high × 56cm wide × 3.5cm deep
- Orientation: Portrait
- Features: Signed (lower right)
- Display: Ready to hang with finished edges
All original artworks arrive carefully packaged to protect their pristine condition during shipping.
Part of Robyn Clarke's Australian Wildlife Collection, celebrating the unique beauty of native fauna through thoughtful observation and expressive artistic style.
