THE BIRD-TAMER

46K, 600 x 500, 1980s, 14 x 17" Erasable crayon and ink, by Chris Wayan.


I'd been studying 1950s and Beat art work when I drew this.

The scene itself, though, has nothing to do with the Beats and their jagged stylized forms. Just a centaur who understands that to make friends with wild beings you have to see with their eyes. To tame a bird, become a bird...

a bird-headed centaur tames a wild bird by a mountain lake.


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