Monday, March 5, 2018

Sea Stag

Sea Stag for Duke Cuan, based on/inspired by the Prayer Book of Claude de France, St. Hubert Adoring the Miraculous Stag (fol. 41, right), France, Tours 1517. This is I think 8 1/2 x 11, on velum  in Acrylic, Egg Tempera and oak gall ink.


Wednesday, January 24, 2018

9 Undines

In the SCA, in the Kingdom of Atlantia, the Queen can give her personal token of gratitude to those who have served her during her reign. This award is called the Undine. I am doing a ton of these for our current Queen.

"Double Rose" based on a page from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta. This is about 3 1/2 x 5, Acrylic on velum (skin not paper.)

"Spike Undine", 4 1/2 x 6 1/4, Acrylic, Micron pen, ProWhite and Gold leaf on velum (skin not paper). Inspired by a capital letter I in the form of a Dragon, Umbria, Italy, 1200's.
 
"Japanese bunny Undine", 3 1/4 x 7 1/2, Micron pen, Acrylic wash on velum (skin not paper). Inspired by various period Japanese prints.
 
"Mermaid " (Undine) inspired by one from the Hours of Yolande of Finland, 1555-56. Micorn pens, Acrylic and ProWhite on velum (skin not paper), 5 x 7. 
 
 
 
"Rosebud and butterfly" inspired by the Mira Calligraphiae Monumneta, Folio 11, Viena, 1560's.
 
"Mary of Burgundy Tiny Bird Scroll", 3 1/4 x 5, Micron pen, Egg Tempera, a tiny bit of Acrylic and gold leaf on velum.
 
"Elizabethan Rose Undine", 4 1/4 x 6 1/4, Acrylic, Egg Tempera, ProWhite, Micron pen on velum (skin not paper). Inspired by a detail on a Charter Upon Act of Pariament of Elizabeth I, England 1559.

" Dafoodil" inspired by the Hours of the conception of the Virgin, Hours of Louis XII, Folio 370, French, 1500's.
 
"False Jerusalem Cherry Undine", 4 3/4 x 7 1/2, Acrylic, Micron pen and ProWhite on velum (skin not paper). Inspired by page from the Mirra calligraphiae Monmenta, Folio 61, Vienna, 1560's.