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Ta-da! Here he is in all of his crazy colorful splendor. I wanted to paint a peacock, not an entire peacock, just this much, and I wanted it to be artistic. I think I did a good job in thinking through the composition and drawing from many source photos, but what I had in mind for the final piece is not exactly what I got. But I still like it, and other people like it so that's cool.
What I was imagining was something much more loose than I usually paint, that kind of deconstructed as it faded into the top left corner especially. Since I have been such a tight painter and don't really know how to loosen out that much, I think that what I got was a good stepping stone. I wanted the body of the bird to be perfectly realistic, which it is, but among all of those feathers it doesn't stand out quite as much as I had hoped. He ended up with more eyes than is realistic, but it is an artistic representation, so it's all good. Definitely not something to toss out. The colors are very bright, lots of orange and blue streaks mixed in with the bright green in the feathers which was fun (not sure how much of that you can see in the photo). It is definitely a Whabam piece, I'll give it that. It would be an amazing pop of color in someone's home or office. What do you think?
This piece is for sale! 22x28 oil on canvas $450.00 contact juliamillerartist@gmail.com
