In the Audubon Tradition Exhibition
About Chris Maynard
Chris Maynard has worked with feathers since he was twelve. His unique feather shadowboxes are recognized by art collectors, bird lovers, and a wide and interesting variety of people from around the world. He only has time to turn a small portion of his ideas, which fill many notebooks, into his shadow box feather designs. His favorite tools are the tiny eye surgery scissors, forceps, and magnifying glasses passed down through his family.
Maynard combines his strong backgrounds in biology and ecology into not only his art, but also a tabletop book and engaging and informative talks on the beauty, function, and meaning of feathers. He is a member of Artists for Conservation.
Dimples
$4000
Feather
12×19
I am fascinated by how birds and other creatures see and try to learn as much as I can about this. Perhaps this is because I am a visual artist. What does the heron see below the waters? How does it correct for subsurface distortion? How do the creatures it is hunting see. Is it sometimes their sight that alerts them to the heron-danger?
Feathers are made of the toughest of animal materials: keratin. They are only perceived as delicate because they are structural wonders, made to be light. Nevertheless, each feather is backed with archival materials, sealed, sturdy, and made to last like other fine art.
How to Purchase
Rain Heron
$5500
Feather
15×21
Where I live, it is sometimes rainy for weeks on end. It is good for me staying inside and making art in my studio but it also influences what I make because it may be that rain is all I am able to think about after a month of it.
Feathers are made of the toughest of animal materials: keratin. They are only perceived as delicate because they are structural wonders, made to be light. Nevertheless, each feather is backed with archival materials, sealed, sturdy, and made to last like other fine art.
How to Purchase
Tight Flock
$4800
Feathers
17×24
John Steinbeck wrote of his naturalist friend and quirky scientist, Ed Rickets or “Doc”. After a bit watching robins catch worms and of pondering, Doc created an inspired study. He attached a small scale to a worm in the ground to see how many pounds of pull it took before the worm came out of the ground.
Feathers are made of the toughest of animal materials: keratin. They are only perceived as delicate because they are structural wonders, made to be light. Nevertheless, each feather is backed with archival materials, sealed, sturdy, and made to last like other fine art.