More Rhiannon

I tend to revisit the Welsh legends about Rhiannon over the years. I’ve had this one in my head for awhile now, ever since we visited Conwy Castle in Wales. Here’s my latest Rhiannon illustration, and a few others from years ago:

Rhiannon and her birds, 2021.

 

Rhiannon on her pearly steed, 2015. Lots of ink work. 

 

Rhiannon and Pwyll, 2005. Pure watercolour, no ink at all.

Twelve Dancing Princesses

Twelve Dancing Princesses

This piece took me AGES, but it was so much fun. It measures almost an entire sheet of watercolour paper (30″ in width), so I went big with it. I totally indulged in the costume designs, since the fairytale focuses a lot on the fine clothes that the princesses are wearing. I would love to illustrate the entire tale one day.

 

Happy Easter

I hope you all had a nice long weekend. I don’t care much for Easter as a religious holiday, but have always loved all the springtime and cute bunny imagery (and the Cadbury cream eggs I used to receive, ha!). I have lots of Easter decorations in our house up year-round because they’re too cute to put away.

It’s definitely the first sign of spring in Westport; pretty soon the tulips and irises will be blooming in my garden. It never gets old!

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Foxhounds

 

 

Here are a bunch of new pieces. I went through a couple weeks lately where I needed to flex the compositional muscles. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy drawing for Papillon Press cards but it’s also nice to get some actual backgrounds in some illustrations.

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