Fruiting Stag

From the artist:

"Fruiting Stag" 11x11 acrylic, acrylic ink, coloured pencil and blackwing pencil on Arches hot press watercolour paper. I'm sure some are going to wonder what I'm trying to say with this painting. Beats me. A lot of my art is more visual musing than thought-out themes and concepts. I'm just letting my muse go where it will. Inspiration comes from all over the place. Like I explained earlier, the main concept came from a misinterpreted photo. The markings on the stag's antlers, neck, and background are based on stone carvings from the fantastic Newgrange site in Ireland. I was there a number of years ago and stored away the impression in my mind for future works. And they decided to pop out on this painting. Travel means you build up flashes and concepts that you can dip into years later. I have a little text artist group where we share sketches and works in progress to so we can discuss and critique works. Thanks to the girls for suggesting the colours, in particular the russet glazing on the neck. Really love that. So often I work in a vacuum, it's great to have a place to get feedback.