beautyful!

Very nice image! Love the coloring and the density of the flame!

Judi, Love this! I refer to these as 'apomorphs' a word I made up! Apophysis is such a versatile program don't you think? I love it! This is a beauty! I too love peacock feathers and don't know where the saying came from either! Will have to do a little research and find out! A most excellent piece of art! Leanndra

It was the bird of Juno, the goddess and protectress of Malta; and on one of the old gateways her statue is still in existence bearing her symbolic bird. The supposition that the feathers of a Peacock are unlucky is said to have had its origin in the anger of the goddess Juno, having been aroused by the plucking of the feathers of her favorite bird; in her wrath she decreed that no suitors should come for the daughters of any house wherein should be found Peacocks' feathers, that the children should never be well, nor the occupants of a house healthy where these feathers were used as ornaments. It is believed the Egyptians also considered the feathers a perpetual emblem of the Evil Eye. ["The Book of Talismans, Amulets and Zodiacal Gems", 1993 William Thomas and Kate Pavitt, Studio Editions]. I love your interpretation too Judi.

A lovely flame, Judi! I have a bouquet of peacock feathers in my living room. I've never heard that they were bad luck, but then I believe we make our own luck. According to my book on symbology, peacocks in Christian art represent immortality. In Persian symbolism, two peacocks around the tree of life stand for man's psychic duality, and in the Buddhist tradition the birds' 'hundred eyed tail' is a symbol of compassionate watchfulness.

Very beautiful coloring and designing!!! Excellent work!!!

this is what I have found out about peacock feathers - The peacock was sacred to the Roman Queen of Heaven, Juno; and before her, to the Vedic Queen of Wisdom, Sarasvati, in whose honour peacocks still wander undisturbed in temple precincts in India. The eyed feathers of the peacock's tail stood for the Goddess's starry heavens, or her all-seeing awareness. one story says she took them from the hundred-eyed giant Argus to put in the feathers of her sacred bird. Juno's priestesses carried tall peacock feather fans called 'flabelli', signifying the preasence of the goddess, these were taken over by Christianity and annually displayed at papal Easter services. they are now described as symbols of 'the many-eyed vigilance of the church' the peacock itself has been declared a bad-luck sign because of it's widely known association with the Great Goddess.

Stunning! The eyed tips draw you in and keep you looking at all of it's beauty.