[Art] Sooty Albatross as Totem

[moonvoice]

$80 USD
18.5 x 20.5cm (or 7.4 x 8 in)
illo's board, fineliner, aquarelle, pencil, metallic and iridescent paint







Sooty Albatross
Phoebetria fusca

The sooty albatross ranges from South America to Australia, and nests on islands in the Southern Atlantic and Indian oceans. Like all albatross, they are monogamous and pair for life, re-establishing their bonds with complex displays that involve a series of movements and body postures. They are usually silent, but will sometimes scream ‘pee-pooo’ in display. They make smaller nesting colonies than other species of albatross. They eat squid, offal, crustaceans and fish, and take food on the wing by grabbing it from near the surface with their beak, or landing on it. They are listed as Endangered, and are threatened by predation by rats and domestic cats, disease, pollution and long-line fishing.

As a totem animal

Wind wisdom, weather forecasting, ocean wisdom, the language of currents, wandering and independence, monogamy and loyalty, freedom to break through all externally imposed limitations, taking your time to bring things to fruition, escorting lost souls home.

Comments

[ariestess]

Ahh, I really love the way you blend your blues/purples/pinks together, both in this piece and in others you've done. I like the way the feathers seem both distinct and "blurred into the whole", so to speak.

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

thank you. I don't know what it is about the blue / purple / pink combo, but it really reels me in sometimes.

[ariestess]

It's a nice color combo...

[silverjackal.livejournal.com]

The colours in this are glorious -- and of course you know I like the spirals! ;)

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Hee, spirals are win. :)

[shadows-wolf06.livejournal.com]

I love the coloring in this one. Very strong, very vibrant. Well done, hun.

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Thank you muchly. :)