Proud as a....

In Glasgow, there is a stunner of a statue of a stout man near the entrance to a shopping center. He stands in what seems to be self-satisfied glory. He wears a slight smirk, and his head is turned to catch a glimpse of admiring stares. His hands are held chest-high, one across the other, and behind him, sitting at his heels, is a peacock, feathers folded. My friend Joan did some research and discovered that it's by a sculptor, Shona Kinloch, born in 1962, who has other equally enigmatic works scattered around the city. Its title: "Proud as a..."
Body image is perhaps an over-discussed topic, but this statue gives its opinion silently.