Work in Progress: The Cockatrice
I decided to go in a more mythological direction for my next artwork, which features a cockatrice. A cockatrice is a legendary chimera; it is a two-legged winged dragon with the head and claws of a rooster.
According to myth, like Medusa, the gaze, touch or breath of the cockatrice could turn one into stone. Even after death, it still retained the ability to petrify its victims. The only animal immune to the glance of the cocatrice, according to medieval bestiaries, was the weasel. Other ways to kill it include having it listen to a cock crow or for it to look at itself in a mirror. A cockatrice is also sometimes used interchangeably with the basilisk, which is the king of serpents. For more information on the cockatrice, click on this link.
Work in Progress
16 x 20 inches
Oil Pastel, graphite and colored pencils on art board
According to myth, like Medusa, the gaze, touch or breath of the cockatrice could turn one into stone. Even after death, it still retained the ability to petrify its victims. The only animal immune to the glance of the cocatrice, according to medieval bestiaries, was the weasel. Other ways to kill it include having it listen to a cock crow or for it to look at itself in a mirror. A cockatrice is also sometimes used interchangeably with the basilisk, which is the king of serpents. For more information on the cockatrice, click on this link.
Work in Progress
16 x 20 inches
Oil Pastel, graphite and colored pencils on art board
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