#peacockart

“The Beauty of Holiness”, oil on wood, 14x14.

Life’s explorations have led me to archangels, the first being, naturally, the peacock angel whose historical imagery and meaning has absolutely captivated me. Melek Taus is said to be an emanation of god, a benevolent angel who has redeemed himself from his fall, becoming a demiurge. The story goes something like this: Melek Taus was the first to emerge from darkness in form of the seven rainbow light. He first manifested as a rainbow around the sun and as a peacock sitting upon a pearl created by Lord Krishna. This pearl then exploded into the seven rays of rainbow to become the physical universe. From this array of colors, Melek Taus manifested from the color blue because blue is the color of the sky and heavens – the source of all colors. The remaining colors were then used to create the earth out of the substratum of the remaining pearl. Melek Taus blessed the earth with his rainbow peacock rays and endowed it with multicolored flora and fauna. He placed two pieces of the fragmented pearl above and below the earth. In one fragment he placed the sun, in the other he placed the moon. From the remaining scattered pieces he created the stars. I created this painting from imagery and colors received after deep meditation on this entity. In the future I plan to create more pieces using the literal imagery (rainbows!).

“The Night of Decay”, oil on wood, 36"x36", $2,400

This peacock painting is my fun excursion into Ultramarine Blue, the Wheel of Fortune tarot card and Jupiter. All the flowers in this composition are poisonous. It was said in ancient times that the peacock consumed venomous animals and plants then converted the poison to its brilliant iridescent-colored feathers.

“The Night of Decay” will be hanging in an art show at the new Ents and Tents Terrarium Gallery space in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood, opening this Friday from 6-9. 1223 2nd Ave. Purchase inquiries may be directed to [email protected]