Beauty is often out of the Box: Peacock

Beauty is often out of the Box: Peacock When the authors said that they wanted the peacock to represent: beauty/see with the eyes of the heart, and how can I see beauty in everything: I immediately tried to answer the question what is beauty. I thought there are so many non-stereotypical creatures that could represent beauty why go with the norm. But again have faith in the authors and their vision. So, I went and researched and photo’d peacock in zoos and on-line. I wanted to give them my best with a unique point of view yet still poignant. As I was drawing one day with this thought in mind, there it was, the idea, this is the result. I still felt though it was not quite done. After several months of hanging on the wall in front of me, I happened to have purchases James Gurney’s book (creator/artist of Dinotopia) called “Color and Light”, and there were further answers to this unsettling incomplete feeling. Pursue that which calls to you. Original painting size: 80cm/94cm Robin