I’ve not finalised names yet, but I’m quite excited about this project. I wanted to get back to my roots. I love painting dragons, as my moniker might suggest, so I wanted to take a fresh look on them.
Growing up, I loved Cicely M. Barker’s Flower Fairy books and I loved the idea of giving dragons a similar treatment. I envision the dragons as guardian spirits for the flowers, embodying the myths and folkloristic symbolism associated with them. I struck upon the idea of doing a collection of paintings to explore this.
I love fantasy worlds and was inspired by the idea of having each picture accompanied with some text from a world in which these dragon flower guardians were real and how this might be written from the point of view of a passionate naturalist of a magical version of our world. Perhaps as extracts from a book of flower dragons.
The Dragon of the Rose
My first dragon is complete! Since I’ve done this still in the early days of my presence on Patreon, I’m showing this one for free (not patron paid-post) and as a public (not patron-only) post, kind of like a sampler. 🙂
On my patron-only feed ($3+), I’ll add more information about the development and close-ups of details. I’ll add more yet if we make my first goal.
Rose Guardian is an important one to me as it marks the beginning of my journey and a return to some of my favourite art. I love painting dragons and I love painting roses, so it was the logical beginning to my collection.
This should give you an idea of the quality and direction of this new collection. Of course, each dragon will retain its own flavour and draw from the symbolism connected to their flower. (Previews will be available on my patron-only feed!)