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After being alive for over eight hundred years you see a lot of artwork and meet many different artists. Magnus loves surrounding himself with beautiful artwork from different centuries. Paintings, pottery, and furniture, it doesn’t matter what kind of art it is, Magnus loves it all. He also loves to display art on his body from his hair and makeup to his clothes and accessories, he loves it all.
The most beautiful piece of artwork Magnus has seen though has to be Alexander Gideon Lightwood. He was a masterpiece. How his blue eyes contrasted beautifully with his dark black hair. How the runes stood out on his fair skin was magnifique. How his body moved when he was fighting was breath-taking. Magnus was so lucky that this beautiful shadowhunter had chosen to spend his life with him where he could admire the art that was Alexander.
Magnus thought that nothing would be more beautiful than his husband in the morning light after a night of peaceful sleep. Then he saw him holding their son. His baby boy was a perfect mixture of different shades of blue that made him a gorgeous baby. When he saw his husband and his son together it was a piece of art that Magnus wanted to capture forever. His perfect picture family.
They added another son to their growing family. A young boy who had no one else, but fit into their lives perfectly. Seeing Alexander with them made Magnus realize that no artist could ever capture the beauty that was his family altogether and safe and sound. Their laughs and happy noises were better than any song written by either Beethoven, Mozart, or Bach.
He cried and ruined his makeup the day that his oldest asked him to walk him down the aisle and give him away to his future husband. Alexander told Raphael that Magnus would be happy to. Raphael and Simon made quite a picture as they danced and celebrated their wedding. He made sure to get pictures.
Magnus liked to decorate his house with art and beautiful things, but the most beautiful pieces of art were the photos of his family and the pieces his sons made him. They were framed and hanged along the walls next to the Picassos. As they say, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and nothing was more beautiful to Magnus then his family.