Enchanted Deer Folk Art Painting

In the stacks of a library, a deer rests amongst some books. A small flock of birds stand by, ever faithful companions to the hybrid creature. Created in watercolor and water soluble crayons, this Folk Art painting continues an exploration of human-animal connections.

Who is this beast? A mythological creature from the pages of a fairy story? An enchanted human? Perhaps the answers can be found in one of the books...