Pictish People History
The Pictish people disappeared and no-one knows what happened to them.
Pictish Art Worksheets
Pictish Geometric and Object Symbols Pictish Animal drawings
Classical Sculpture
The Dying Gaul To show the features of classical art and the pursuit of an idealised and naturalistic form I have included The Dying Gaul (Galatian Celt). It is an…
Rome and Classical Art
The Power of Rome Rome and Classical Art are celebrated and represented as the birthplace and centre of Western Civilisation. As a result, other cultural achievements are not given the…
Three Zoomorphic Drawings
Incredible Birds and Dogs The Medieval monastery artists were ahead of their time. In this Post I have added three Zoomorph images that show the interlace style and imaginative design…
Tree of Life
Sacred Tree Icon I have been thinking about the Tree of Life motif and how it has travelled through the centuries in cultures and artforms. The motif appears in folklore,…
Monastery Learning in Medieval Europe
Medieval Monks The libraries in the monasteries in Europe in the Medieval Ages in the 5th century kept education and learning alive. The monks sought a quiet spiritual life at…
Celtic Warrior
This strange and incredible drawing is from the Book of Kells. The warrior has huge hair and a dark beard and holds a spear and shield. I am not sure…
Runestone with a Viking Myth
Fenris the Wolf and the Apocalypse The animal in this drawing is angry. He strides forward with his tail up and bares his teeth. Below him is a ship with…
Medieval Hunting Scene
Hilton Cadboll Stone I have painted a medieval hunting scene from the beautiful Hilton Cadboll Stone showing a woman riding side-saddle. Hilton Cadboll Pictish Stone hunting scene The hunting scene…
Pictish Symbol Stones
Symbols found on Stones There is nothing like a mystery! Symbols we cannot read, and abstracted designs found on standing stones in the fields of Scotland. This is the mystery…
What is Celtic Art?
A background to the rise of Celtic art and history in Europe. My journey of discovery as an artist to an ancient world.
Great Beasts from Viking Art
The Great Beasts and the Gripping Beasts of Viking art mark an incredible moment in the imaginative mind of an artist. Today, like the great Viking longship they surely are…
Pictish Water Horse
Seahorse Pair In my drawing the seahorse tail spirals and interlocks and the heads and hooves meet and touch. I have drawn the horse head rather than the seahorse snout.…
Pagan and Christian Collaboration
In Medieval times the Christian church adopted the pagan people into their practice to teach them about the life of Christ. The Irish traditional arts found a new outlet in…
Viking Beasts
In this post I have added two Viking beast design details. From these simple drawings the different Viking styles reveal that the secular style in the Book of Kells was…
Gaut’s Stone Cross
Manx Style Chain Knot The real Gaut Stone Cross is weathered and worn, and a copy was made so people can see the intricate line drawing. Located at Kirk Michael…
Messages from Ancient Stones
Gotland Picture Stone from the Viking Era Ancient stories that belong to a world far removed from technology have horses and great ships as modes of transport on this ancient…
Ancient Artists with Modern Vision
Squatting Man from the Book of Kells Pagan laws forbade the copying of the work of the Creator and new abstracted figures were invented. The legs, arms, body, hair and…
Symbols of Christ from the Book of Kells
This little motif shows three picture symbols and one abbreviation used to represent Christ in the Book of Kells