Original artwork description:

SOLD.
Symbol of Wisdom, Safety, Humility, Charity, Generosity, Camaraderie, Self-Sacrifice and Responsibilities

The elegant pelican soars into our awareness with heavy messages of sacrifice, resurrection and nourishment. May that image move us to show the same charity and self-giving love toward all.
But pelican assumes the symbolism of all birds, that is they are symbolic of spiritual travellers.
The white colour of the pelican gives it a symbolic value far higher than most birds, as white symbolises the 'centre' and purity.
Its enormous pouch is also a symbol of wisdom and ideas - thus a pelican can feed wisdom to its young and is capable of 'consuming' large quantities of wisdom.
It’s a large bird that’s surprisingly light, this pelican has a large sack which it uses to fish. But the pelican knows when to empty this sack so that it can take to the skies effortlessly. This pelican symbolism teaches you a lot about letting go to make room for something better. It shows you that not being weighed down by unnecessary things can make you soar higher and reach new heights. It's as well about release and forgiveness, you are being encouraged to forgive yourself and let go of negative feelings.
When you learn to forgive yourself, you are also releasing yourself from anything that’s holding you down

In addition the pelican symbolizes social responsibility and active attributes, such as teamwork, charity, generosity and friendliness. This is because these birds are highly social and reliant upon their groups. Hunting is a group effort, in which many members of the flock work together to gain abundance.
The pelican is symbolic of group-efforts made in order to identify and capture resources.

Ancient alchemy linked pelican symbolism to the legendary Philosopher’s Stone. This famed stone is said to turn other elements to gold, lending magical and transformative powers to the bird.

Materials used:

oil

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