Plight of the Simurgh-2

Tea-wash, watercolour, black ink on wasli paper, 14.8 x 20.2 cm, 550 USD
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This is the second in the Plight of the Simurgh series. In this painting, this noble creature of Persian mythology is trying to save its home and its family, by carrying them to the safety of its homeland atop faraway mountains. A gun points towards it, and despite being injured, it hasn’t forgotten to safeguard its loved ones.

I used the same colour palette as the first painting in this series. Clouds depict the heavens, and hoopoes portray the ones trying to carry the simurgh’s plea to the heavens. The intertwined roots of the surrounding trees give a feeling of a conspiracy to prevent the simurgh from escaping its prison-like environment.