It’s January and although the days are slowly getting longer there is still isn’t enough sunlight. I put my own spin on the opera THE MAGIC FLUTE, “a fairytale of darkness, light and finding your way in the world”. A little girl summons a quetzal with her piccolo.
Resplendent Quetzals are red-bellied and emerald green and live in the tropical rain forests of Central America. During mating season the males grow a few delicate, meter-long feathers that float like ribbons when they fly. I made this with mixed media: acrylic, pencil, stamps, and digital embellishments.