I read your feather painting suggestions over with much thought and have finally selected my favorite idea.
The winner of the 3 month dA subscription is:
with the following suggestion:"What about a pair of turkey feathers- and pressed leaves/flowers like it's a branch? And on the turkey feather surrounded by the leaves and such painting song birds, or blue jays ( <3 jays!) ... "
I've never thought of combining feather art with flower and leaf art! I think I'm gonna give this one a try.
There were definitely some other great suggestions making this a very tough decision! Here's some runner-up suggestions that I really liked (in no particular order):
"Do a feather inside a featherinside a feather
FEATHCEPTION." by
"Draw. A mirror. A breaking mirror and there's a phoenix bursting out of it, there's fire and the mirror splinters flying around, all epic and beautiful." by 
"How about a lone wolf howling in the cools winter night with a full moon, his breath vapors shape in the form of a running pack that symbolizes the longing of being in a pack once again." by 
Thank you to everyone who entered my mini contest!
