Girl, goat and sunflowers

Oil on board, 20 x 15 cm:

A Vision

Oil on board, 20 x 15 cm:

I am not particularly religious, but I am fond of religious art and thus decided to indulge in some myself.

Woman tending her crops

Oil on board, 20 x 15 cm:

Celtic Knots

I have been suffering through a monstrous bout of flu that left me unable (or at least rather unwilling) to do any "real" work. So instead I played around with Celtic knot design.

These decorations were often used in Medieval illuminated manuscripts (particularly in Ireland). They look very complex but can be constructed via a rather simple set of rules. Medieval Irish monks could routinely do ones vastly more intricate than this.

Orchids and Mango

Oil on board, 25 x 20 cm:

Another experiment in expressionism; I cannot quite decide whether I like what I am doing here or hate it.

Russian Orthodox Cathedral

Oil on board, 20 x 25 cm:

Another piece in more or less post-impressionist style, partly from imagination and partly based on reference photos. I'm not sure it is really successful, but I think it taught me the one and other about this style of work (which is not as easy to pull off as one might think!)

Harvest

Oil on board, 15 x 10 cm. A somewhat whimsical picture in post-impressionist style; I may just do a whole series of this sort of thing to see how it works for me: