Peacock

Description

Open Edition Reproduction

Peacocks are often found at tourist locations, this one was at a B&B in Western Australia.

I painted this from a photograph I took. The Peacock is a large gallinaceous, crested bird, the male of which has bright colour iridescent plumage and long tail the feathers of which are yellowish brown with large blue spots [eyes] and capable of being raised and spread out like a fan. The bird is often taken as a type of vanity and display to strut about give one self airs. Show of intellectual superiority, Bright lustrous blur colour simular to that in plumage of peacock neck with eye like spots on is wings resembling these on a peacocks tai