Unicorn with a Golden Horn
by MM Anderson
Title
Unicorn with a Golden Horn
Artist
MM Anderson
Medium
Painting - Soft Pastel On Paper
Description
The mythical unicorn is the subject of this artwork in soft pastel on brown tinted paper. This particular creature is depicted as a gray and white horse with vivid purple accents and a gold hued horn. The beast’s head is bowed forward with the horn pointing downward. The unicorn has been a legend among many cultures throughout history and is usually pictured with a spiral horn but I chose to make my unicorn with a smooth horn. Unicorns may also be a symbol of purity and grace.
I have composed this short story to accompany the image:
“Are unicorns real, Grandma?” asked the little girl in the ruffled pink sundress as she dangled her bare feet from the creaky wooden porch swing that the two were companionably sharing on a bright afternoon while bees were busy in the flower beds and hummingbirds flitted to and from a feeder hanging at the nearby corner of the roof. “Of course they are real. Don’t you think they are real?” replied the grandmother. “We-eell, I’ve never seen one.” The girl said. “That is because they are very rare and special creatures. They are shy of people and only appear to those who look carefully. Someday, if you enter the forest with a mind and heart that are open to all of its wonders, then you may even see a unicorn in some sunlit clearing among the tall trees. But if you close yourself off from the beauty and magic all around you, like some do who have become blind to those things and seldom look beyond the paths that are familiar, then I’m afraid you never will.”
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June 5th, 2018
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