[Art] White Peacock as Totem

[moonvoice]

$90 USD
18.5 x 20.5cm (or 7.4 x 8 in)
illo's board, fineliner, aquarelle, pencil, metallic and iridescent paint







White Peacock
Pavo cristatus

The Indian peafowl is the national bird of India. They are found in grasslands, deciduous forest and scrubland. They are often seen grazing for food on the ground, and are omnivorous, eating insects, small animals, seeds, and fruit. They roost in trees. Males, known as peacocks (by which the both genders are commonly known), have popular iridescent plumage. Their long, breeding trains which grow from their back, are fanned in a half-circle, and quivered vigorously when a male is courting a female. Males are polygamous, and the female raises the chicks on her own. They have a particularly piercing cry. Feral populations of peafowl are found throughout the world, in proximity to humans, including the University of Western Australia, in Western Australia.

As a Totem

Pride, vanity, knowing how to make yourself look good, accepting your appearance, being admired and desired by others, admiration and desire, using symbols to create wisdom and attract others to you, the power of observation, self-confidence, being able to see in all directions, dignity and grace.

Comments

[witchchild]

I'm sure someone's going to snatch that up before I have the money available for her, but guhhhhhh. Gorgeous!

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Aw thank you! Maybe it'll hang around for ya! :)

[ariestess]

Oh, I really like the coloring on this one... Very nicely done!

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :)

[silverjackal.livejournal.com]

Who knew that such a showy bird could be so subtle? Real life Pea fowl aren't my favorites (the screaming gets on my nerves), but you've really made me like this beautiful example.

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Who knew that such a showy bird could be so subtle?

Heh, the white ones seem to have a slightly different vibe, I've met a few of both colourings, and it seems strange to say that, since they're both the same bird essentially (and equally loud).

[silverjackal.livejournal.com]

I've met a few of the white ones as well (I was studying ethology for a time at a zoo, and they had pea fowl roaming loose on the grounds). I agree that for some reason the white birds seemed more demure, for want of a better word.

[shadows-wolf06.livejournal.com]

I really like the detailing in this one. Normally, pink isn't really my favorite color, but you worked it in quite nicely :)

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :)

Funny Story

[perzephone.livejournal.com]

I saw a white peacock this morning on my way to work.

It was in the gutter pecking at trash with a bunch of pigeons. At first, I blinked at it thinking to myself, "Damn, that's a big-ass pigeon..." but as we drove past the flock, I realized, "That's a freaking peacock. Wtf?!" A few years ago, on the same stretch of road, we saw what was probably the world's biggest, cockiest rooster walking up the street.

I tell ya, the local Santerians need to keep a better eye on their livestock.