~ GENTS OF A FEATHER ~

 'Gents of a feather in defiance of gravity and tradition'
The ‘Spring Break’ theory hypothesise about why a particular breed of water fowl suffered from a lack of
enthusiasm toward their traditional flying methods. Dating back to the early 1800s, the act of migration
to the larger, wetter party grounds took on a whole new social and practical aspect for this breed. In turn,
various alternate migratory travel methods were engineered and adopted. In the thousands of years
before this, water fowl populations would gather at smaller wetland locations to organise a convoy plan,
usually involving the scheduling and rotation of front birds for the traditional wind breaking 'V' formation.
The common goal was the same for all – to arrive safely in new lands where they could avoid harsh winters,
keep themselves fed, make new friends, and hopefully get laid. Many fowl agreed that the whole business
of relocating for food and fornication was exhausting and fraught with too many dangers. Thus the Committee for Migration was called upon, and the decision was made to employ new modes of transport, to accomplish that same holiday south, without
putting a single feather out of place. (Ducks have always been vain creatures.)

 Acrylic on cotton
$8,700 SOLD

 Painted 2010