This is a scene of the Hawk who is too proud of its social standing as the bird of kings. I chose to depict the Hawk with its wings fully extended, glorious and majestic… and fully aware of it. Although the tail of the Simorgh is visible in the corner, with its red tail feathers […]
The Valley of the Quest requires the renunciation of the body’s appetites. All previously held dogmas and beliefs must be abandoned, along with material possessions and superficial positions of power. I chose to depict hands clasped in prayer as well as a group of hands revering a speaker in a communal sermon at the bottom […]