Not your ordinary knot

Having used Celtic knots in so much of my work I decided to make the knot the work itself. I have designed knot designs that stand on their own, but more often I use them to accent other subjects. When I first began playing with this idea I intended to paint in the knot with a landscape. Which ended up looking like a knot painted shades of green, brown and blue, so I decided a more distinctive subject was needed. The human face is very distinctive indeed. Done in watercolors it is 12 inches square and still needs a frame. It is one of my favorites so I hope you enjoy it.

Knot

King Arthur

Although I feel as far as myths go, this one has been slightly overdone, I painted this 11x14 watercolor inspired mainly in a romantic way, by the passing of an ideal as much as a man.

The End

 

Tropical Sunset

 

More water color knots

These two are landscapes surrounded by knotwork. Both are roughly 11x14 and while the tropical sunset is straight up water color, the sunrise is mixed media. I used some nice acrylic pigment ink both in the landscape and the knotwork on the latter, which gave the reflective glow that even shows up in the photo. The other thing they have in common is that neither place is real, other than in my imagination. These were done last year about this time and in pulling them out to have a look I think I may need to play with water color soon - as always thanks for visiting and a special thanks to those who have left such nice comments!

Stone Circle Sunrise

 

Water Colors

All of the paintings I have posted to date I believe, have been acrylic and I do work in other media. This 11x14 water color was painted a couple of years ago and is a simple study of a Celtic knot I designed.

Diamond Knotwork

 

round and round

I would like a better photograph of this one some day, perhaps if I took it out of the frame I wouldn't get all the glare. One of my earlier attempts at creating a 3-D ground, this 16 inch circle was first layered with a Celtic symbol and then painted in acrylic. The castle, stone circle and water are all imaginary along with the moon/woman who looks down upon them.

LUNA

 

Yes, it's 3-D

She was once a cheap plastic mask, but I gave her new life with several layers of papiermach`e. This rustic wood framed 16x22 acrylic painting features a complex self designed Celtic knot which surrounds the 3-D image that could be mother nature. Rather than paint her features I tried to ignore the texture and paint a pastoral landscape.

Meadow Maiden