I am excited and honored to present you the result of my journey of animal portraiture . While researching for this project, I learnt a lot and I hope the viewer will be delighted with the results.
Circle of Animals
Collage of zodiac animals in the order
About the Artwork
The Chinese zodiac is also called "circle of
animals". It is a scheme and systematic plan that relates each
year to an animal and its reputed attributes according to a 12-year
mathematical cycle. The term "zodiac" reflects several
similarities to the actual calendar of 12 months.
Each year is represented by the names of animals and
each is widely associated with a culture of ascribing a person's
personality or events in his/her life to the supposed influence of
the person's particular relationship to the cycle. Although similar
to Western zodiac, it has 12 parts the two have major differences:
the Chinese 12-part cycle corresponds to years, rather than months.
The Chinese zodiac is represented by 12 animals, whereas some of the
signs in the Western zodiac are not animals, despite the implication
of the Greek etymology of "zodiac". The animals of the
Chinese zodiac are not associated with constellations spanned by the
ecliptic plane.
These sign animals are rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon,
snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig.
Here are the individual oil paintings. Enjoy!
Little Bunny
Wild Boar
Dhole dogs made an entrance in the series as Daisy (as in the collage above) found a happy home.
Mother Gorilla with Baby
Mother Buffalo with the Baby
Brown Mouse
Mother Sheep with the Baby
Cobra
White Tiger
Australian Pony
Rooster
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