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21st Century Celts

This group dedicates itself to people using Celtic Art as their inspiration to create original art work.

Featured Work

Celtic Raven by MoonSpiral

9×12 soft pastel on Sennelier la carte paper This is for the Lynnette Shelley challenge in Bubbler Portraits. Lynnette is an amazingly talented artist with a pair of mesmerizing blue eyes.
celtic stadium by tom burke

one of a kind free hand scrimshaw on ten thousand year old mammoth tusk,using higgins multi- color fade proof ink.
Fenrir (or Wolf Dragon No. 3) by Lynnette Shelley

This unique artwork depicts the Norse mythological creature Fenrir (or Fenris), a monstrous wolf creature that was the son of Loki the trickster god and a giantess. In this artwork, I depicted Fenrir as a wolf dragon form with a nod toward Celtic zoomorphism and knotwork. Oil pastels, colored pencils, art pens, and paint pens on brown watercolor paper. Original measures 19×25”
night fishermen by stephen mclaren

ink, pencil and oil on paper 1999 / hopefully a better digital reproduction
Dryad by Deborah Holman

A pencil drawing of a tree spirit on smooth cartridge paper
Double Dragon by quigonjim

Hi people, thought I would share my leather jacket paintings with you. I did around twenty of these in total, in and around 1995, until the popularity of wearing them seemed to wear off. But if anyone wants one done you have but to ask : ) Acrylics on Leather.
Boat People by stephen mclaren

1997 poster collage of my oil sketches for the sea paintings ‘Between Worlds’ and ‘All at Sea’ / Yellow: Courage / Blue: Alliance / Red: Expectation / Green: Superstition
Entwined by MelDavies

Coloured Pencil and Ink on Linen textured paper FEATURED in 21st Century Celts – December 2009
Merry Christmas Card by barayamal

This hand drawn celtic panel was produced for the 2000 Holiday season. As my first holiday card is was also my first foray into combining knotwork and spiral designs.
Emu family and frilled neck lizard by Martina Golding

Australiana-Celtic designs

Recent Work

tribalistic by rain-dogs

original black ink nib pen / tattoo design digitally coloured more rain-dogs t-shirts / /
Woodland Wish by AnitaInverarity

WOODLAND MAGIC SERIES Pen and Ink Drawing (Grey added in PS) My 33rd upload for the 1000 Girls in 100 Days Project (29th Nov 2009- Free Topic / 10 Artists, 100 Days, 1000 Works / Follow this exciting Blog here….. / 1000 GIRLS IN 100 DAYS
Iris - Goddess Of Rainbows by fullcirclemandalas

From the original acrylic and mixed media on canvas. Iris is the goddess of rainbows and symbolises hope and beauty. Her presence amongst the passion flowers and butterflies represents freedom from fear; transformation from the mundane and joy in life. The triple moon symbol symbolises the connection with the triple goddess. Copyright Marg Thomson 2009
Untitled by MelDavies

Hand Drawn Digital Painting
Cross Threaded by MelDavies

Kaleidoscope and Digital post work using PSE and photostudio based on original coloured pencil drawing (see Threads)
Sunchild by Leah McNeir

Also see: Moonchild
Moonchild by Leah McNeir

Also see: Sunchild
Celtic Raven by MoonSpiral

9×12 soft pastel on Sennelier la carte paper This is for the Lynnette Shelley challenge in Bubbler Portraits. Lynnette is an amazingly talented artist with a pair of mesmerizing blue eyes.
Eye of Ataraxia by Leah McNeir

View variations of this design: / Eye of Cosmos Eye of Chaos

About This Group

Brick Knot by Rob Bryant – winner of our “Set the Celts Free!” contest.

Celtic Art is an ancient art form that began in Europe during the Iron Age 5,000 years ago. Famous for its incredible spirals, knotwork, inter-twining animals and people, Celtic Art is instantly recognizable and always admired when you consider how old the art form is.

Its complexities are matched by its diversity: through the centuries the Celts created jewelery, huge stone carved crosses, elaborate symbols and hand drawn religious books which have served to inspire many artists to create their own form of Celtic Art.

If you have been inspired by Celtic design to produce your own version of this art form, please join our group!! Images featuring Celtic myths and traditions alone are not what we are looking for here. We are trying to collect a variety of work that shows how artists have developed Celtic DESIGN. We are looking for people who can use this art form in new ways to create modern interpretations and make Celtic Art relevant today.

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