Symphony in Blue - Peacock by wildlife artist Carl Brenders

Symphony in Blue by Carl Brenders, available from Prickly Pear Galleries.

 

"My interest in peacocks came very late. At first, I had considered them to live only in parks or on farms. The male's display with its beautiful tail feathers, was indeed remarkable, but it never occured to me that this bird also lives wild in the jungle in India, where it is an improtant food source for the so-endangered tiger.

 

"The inspiration for this painting came when I was doing fieldwork, studying tigers in the Calgary Zoo. There, quite a few peacocks walked around freely. Moving from the tigers to the lions, my attention was captured at once by this nice young male peacock. I saw a painting there! I recorded all the details I needed with my camera. The bird was young and didn't have tail feathers yet. I cropped the body where the tail starts and I got my much-beloved close-up effect. The great variety of blues on the neck and chest inspired me to choose 'Sympohny in Blue' as a title."  - Carl Brenders.

 

Print and Giclee canvas released in 2005.