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This was a belated gift for a good friend’s birthday, of her favorite animal - the Indian peafowl, Pavo cristatus. I wanted to paint the animal in a more naturalistic pose than is typical for the extravagant males, with his gorgeous train in view without being displayed. Here he sits on a branch and ponders the mysteries of existence as he overlooks his native florid Indian jungles.
Gouache on mixed media board, 16” x 20”.
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“Avatars—The Birds of India, No. 1” by Walton Ford - 1996
Watercolor, gouache, pencil, and ink on paper
60” x 40”
Posted on March 16, 2013 via OOBLIVM with 788 notes
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Whistler (Safir), Sea Bird (Ta’ir al-Bahr), Peacock (Ta’wa’us), from Aja’ib al-makhluqat (Wonders of Creation) by al-Qazvini. Iraq or Eastern Turkey, early 15th century (via Arts of the Islamic World, Smithsonian)
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Oiseaux et plantes peints à gouache, Ouvrages avant 1800
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Peacock Pavo Cristatus (1872) by Joseph Wolf (1820-1899).
Wikimedia.
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Blue Lizard and Neva Tree (1813) taken from James Forbes (1749-1819) ‘Oriental Memoirs’.
Wikimedia
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Peacock and Peacock Butterfly by Archibald Thorburn
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Peacock and Ostrich from The Tudor Pattern Book. Bodleian Library, MS. Ashmole 1504.
Between 1520 and 1530.
http://bodley30.bodley.ox.ac.uk:8180/luna/
servlet/view/search/what/MS.+Ashmole+1504. Wikimedia.
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A peacock and two peacocks in silhouette. Etching.
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John Ruskin’s study of a peacock feather, 1873.
Posted on September 29, 2012 via Nymph with 226 notes
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