Golden Flower

I was too excited by how this piece turned out to wait uploading it. I took this photo with my digital camera, but it really doesn't do the colors justice, and doesn't show the metallic inks at all. I rented time on a computer with a scanner, but the damn thing wouldn't let me save it (the shop ended up refunding me the computer time), so this is the best I can do, and there won't be any prints. The drawing has now gone to its home.

This is the second spiral knotwork goldfish of this scale and complexity I have drawn, and I am seriously considering doing an entire series of them. Amusingly, the other was the last knotwork piece I drew starting in 2003. I didn't finish that piece until 2005, and have drawn no other Celtic artwork in the interim. I started this goldfish about two weeks ago.

It is entirely hand drawn, inked, and painted. I did not use a compas, curve, or any other drafting tools. The original is roughly 8"x10", micron pens and Copic markers on white smooth press paper. Metallic accents on the scales and the spirals are painted on in acrylic ink. Roughly 50 hours of work. The original is not for sale.

Please forgive the watermark.