Not long before I shifted from 2D art to miniature painting, I was doing a lot of Celtic Mythology inspired paintings. I am still trying to track down more of the images.
This one was probably the largest and most elaborate, although I can think of some others which would give it a good run for its money! :-)
This is one of a number of designs that I painted on Celtic drums (bodhrans) numerous times.
This one is Epona the Horse Goddess. I painted a good portion of this by candlight during a big rain storm in our booth at the Ren Faire. Not much else was going to happen anyway, so time to entertain the 'guests' trapped inside!
This is one of the very first images that I painted, called "The Caretaker" It has puppies!
What made you decide to shift to Miniature painting James?
ReplyDeleteThat's a very long and not so happy story. I think it is profiled in a few interviews that I've done... The shortest version is that back in 2001, our biggest art show of the year was cancelled due to 9/11 (it was that week). Many of our other shows were badly affected in the aftermath. It was either paint minis (which we had just started to do) or go out of business
DeleteWell I'm transitioning from 2D to mini's as well. I'm in an area I don't plan to stay in and once I move I would have to start all over anyway. At least with mini's I can do them anywhere and I'll get to go to more cons which I love. :) The nice thing is I (I'm not sure if you license or not) can still collect a little passive income if someone wants to print images of paintings already made.
ReplyDeleteHad there been more social media stuff around at the time such as Facebook, blogs, and so on, it might have been easier to keep that going...
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