#art

Painting of Papageno the Bird Man from Mozart's Magic Flute

Papageno is the bird catcher from Mozart's opera, the Magic Flute. The Magic Flute is filled with rich symbolism, in particular Alchemical and Masonic symbols. Papageno is the bearer of the birdcage and of the Magic Bells. In the opera, the scenes which include Papageno are light-hearted, much like Papageno's own light heart. Papageno is Tamino's 'side-kick' and his quest is to find a wife, and he does find one in the lovely Papagena, his birdy counterpart!

Papageno is usually depicted with green feathers, but I opted for purple and gold in this representation.

I painted this using acrylics on heavy-weight paper.

Comments · 4

@c-squared(61)· 2631d

This post was shared in the Curation Collective Discord community for curators, and upvoted and resteemed by the @c-squared community account after manual review.
@c-squared runs a community witness. Please consider using one of your witness votes on us here
@steemitboard(66)· 2631d
Congratulations @awmobbs! You have completed the following achievement on the Steem blockchain and have been rewarded with new badge(s) :

You received more than 4000 upvotes. Your next target is to reach 5000 upvotes.

_{You can view your badges on your Steem Board and compare to others on the Steem Ranking} _{If you no longer want to receive notifications, reply to this comment with the word STOP}

You can upvote this notification to help all Steem users. Learn how here!
@helpiecake(55)· 2631d
Hello!

This post has been manually curated, resteemed and gifted with some virtually delicious cake from the @helpiecake curation team!

Much love to you from all of us at @helpie! Keep up the great work!
![helpiecake](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmPmJDYf7NidHD7uAHLHfvbmx8Yhd2wDqmuJKGHjSgVniz/helpiecake-chocolate-cake-with-chocolate-cream.png)
Manually curated by @georgeboya.
@georgeboya(67)· 2631d
I think i heard about the occult symbolism behind the Magic Flute play but i do not remembera lot of details. Your artwork is very beautiful, i loved the figure of Papageno posing with the bird cage and the totemic hat in the head and the bird at the foreground. You did a vey good job narrating with the story with the image:) I saw your blog also and you have a lot of beautiful art, the peacock is really impressive as central image:)

I will advise you to include the link to your blog in your profile description, it is very useful for people to know who you are, also try to use tags like #art-venture #ocd-resteem and #c-squared to bring more attention to you art. Last but not least check the nTopaz platform https://www.ntopaz.com/ It is a very active and supporting art community at steem and your art will get more attention there. If you need any help feel free to ask:)