“I do not believe that any peacock envies another peacock his tail, because every peacock is persuaded that his own tail is the finest in the world. The consequence of this is that peacocks are peaceable birds.” -Bertrand Russell
Loosely based on the constellation Pavo, visible among the "Southern Birds" constellation series in the Southern Celestial Hemisphere. The constellation is appropriately named - Pavo shows off with a brilliant annual meteor shower, the Delta Pavonids. Here, Alpha Pavonis, the brightest star in this constellation, would land roughly in our peacock's iris.
16 x 20 in on illustration board
Update: Pavo was sold at auction in February 2018 to benefit
All-of-Us-Express Children's Theater.
