I submitted this piece to a local hair salon which is having a "braid-themed" exhibition for July.  After working out several different ideas and color studies, I arrived at this Alphonse Mucha-inspired, "Celtic Goddess", quasi-tarot composition.  Part of the fun and challenge of this piece was working in a style and discipline that I ordinarily do not.  While I've always admired the works of Mucha and the other art-nouveau artists, I never really wanted to paint that way, and I've never had the patience to do elaborate Celtic knots and braids.  This is really a tongue-in-cheek, somewhat humorous piece, juxtaposing a few different themes and styles.  Unfortunately, this piece was larger than my scanner bed, and it had to be scanned in two sections, the re-assembled on the computer, which accounts for the fuzziness in some parts of the image.

Ink & Watercolor on cold press illustration board, approx. 11" x 14"
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I submitted this piece to a local hair salon which is having a "braid-themed" exhibition for July.  After working out several different ideas and color studies, I arrived at this Alphonse Mucha-inspired, "Celtic Goddess", quasi-tarot composition.  Part of the fun and challenge of this piece was working in a style and discipline that I ordinarily do not.  While I've always admired the works of Mucha and the other art-nouveau artists, I never really wanted to paint that way, and I've never had the patience to do elaborate Celtic knots and braids.  This is really a tongue-in-cheek, somewhat humorous piece, juxtaposing a few different themes and styles.  Unfortunately, this piece was larger than my scanner bed, and it had to be scanned in two sections, the re-assembled on the computer, which accounts for the fuzziness in some parts of the image.

Ink & Watercolor on cold press illustration board, approx. 11" x 14"
Larger Version

I submitted this piece to a local hair salon which is having a "braid-themed" exhibition for July.  After working out several different ideas and color studies, I arrived at this Alphonse Mucha-inspired, "Celtic Goddess", quasi-tarot composition.  Part of the fun and challenge of this piece was working in a style and discipline that I ordinarily do not.  While I've always admired the works of Mucha and the other art-nouveau artists, I never really wanted to paint that way, and I've never had the patience to do elaborate Celtic knots and braids.  This is really a tongue-in-cheek, somewhat humorous piece, juxtaposing a few different themes and styles.  Unfortunately, this piece was larger than my scanner bed, and it had to be scanned in two sections, the re-assembled on the computer, which accounts for the fuzziness in some parts of the image.

Ink & Watercolor on cold press illustration board, approx. 11" x 14"
Larger Version