Nifty Piks – Photos and Art

Spelga Dam in the Mountains of Mourne, on a very rare occasion where the wind failed to disturb the water and the reflections became almost perfect.

Ballintoy Church shrouded in sea mist and bathed in the golden embbers of the setting sun.

Donaghadee lifeboat and lighthouse

Reflections of a Boat

Ballycopeland Windmill

The lights of the apartments and offices reflecting in the river lagan which runs through the heart of downtown Belfast.

Small abandoned farm in the Mourne Mountains, Co. Down, Ireland

The Giants Ring

Waterfall in the Glenariff, Queen of the Glens

Irish Farmhouse

Rose Castle

Belfasy City Hall

Mourne Mountains

Offset crescents of platinum silver, gold, and copper are fused with decorative metallic Celtic knotwork and spirals, seeming to spin of their own accord. This Celtic piece has a slight steampunk feel to it, with the metals and the 'screws' holding it all together! This work was drawn by hand, the outline inked, then scanned into the computer and finished digitally. This print is not actually metallic (or foil), but colored to give the impression of metals.

The Celtic Triple Spiral, or Triple Goddess Spiral is an early pagan symbol carved in the structure at Newgrange in Ireland. It's also in the Irish Book of Kells, and used as a symbol of the Christian Trinity. It's earliest meanings reflect a unifying energy and multiple expressions of that energy. Another meaning of the three spirals is to signify three stages of life: maiden, mother, and crone. This image was hand-drawn in parts, then scanned into the computer and finished digitally.

An original, hand drawn and inked, rendition of the classic Celtic/Irish Tree of Life design, with corner details of sun, moon and stars, lightning and clouds, and ferns. Background looks like old dusky linen. The entire image looks very similar to a woodcut from ancient times!

As above, so below, and the circle of life rolls onward. This Celtic Tree of Life design features a single curvy line of knotwork branches above a knotwork trunk and root system, with a sacred spiral at the heart of it all. The circular design is cornered with sun, moon and stars, lightning and clouds, and leafy ferns! (Design was hand drawn and inked, then color was finished digitally.)

A gorgeous circle of multi-colored Celtic spiral art like an ancient stained glass window. A bright and inspirational mandala!

A textured and stylized illustration of a cat and dog, in Celtic style, with surrounding knotwork, all in terrific earth tones.

A textured and stylized illustration of a lovable dog, in Celtic style, with surrounding knotwork, all in terrific earth tones.

A textured and stylized illustration of a cool cat, in Celtic style, with surrounding knotwork, all in terrific earth tones.

A surreal pencil drawing - sword blade, dahlia, dangling chain, leaves and vines, and celtic symbols embedded in the stonework.

An hourglass, decorated with and surrounded by Celtic Knotwork in wood and vines, displays the day passing as the sands of the sun pour into the moon. This hourglass mandala appears on a stately blue background.

Celtic Clockwork uses black and white and traditional Celtic spirals in a modern interpretation reminiscent of the gears and mechanisms inside a clock! (Spirals are hand drawn, and then finished digitally.)

A simple and elegant star design with Celtic knotwork in each point and a subtle sense of clockwise movement. Contemporary design.

A gorgeous Celtic trinity knot done in greens and golds, and accented in additional Celtic knotwork art. A classic symbol of unity and interconnectedness!

Two Celtic dolphins, balanced in a yin-yang position around a central spiral, play in the middle of a sea of Celtic Knotwork, like they were frolicking off the coast of Ireland in blue ocean waters. A unique design sure to appeal to dolphin lovers and Celtic enthusiasts alike

Stylized Celtic dolphins swim in a yin-yang position around a central spiral design, in a surrounding ocean of Celtic knotwork!

Two Celtic daggers crossed against a bejeweled round shield. The daggers are a matched pair with knotwork etching up the blades and across the quillons. The handles are also wrapped in leather-ish Celtic knotwork. A huge rhombus-shaped green emerald finishes each piece. This is a wonderful print for Fantasy and Science Fiction lovers - something to hang on the wall to give a modern room a more medieval flair!

Celtic Rose Stained Glass mirrors the vibrant color of traditional stained glass, combined with the intricate nature of Celtic Knotwork.

This design is a rough/primitive and highly textured Celtic Spiral Triskele, with Celtic knotwork, in greens for the traditional colors associated with Ireland and St. Patrick.

A gold compass of Celtic knotwork, with silver and copper accents. All 4 cardinal points are engraved in Irish-Gaelic, also subpoints and 12 elemental points. Rune markings around rim.

A stylized green dragon sits at the center of a labyrinth made of Celtic knotwork and spirals in maroon/burgundy and greens. Is the dragon master of the maze, or it's prisoner?

Celtic Loose Leaves - twin autumn maple leaves intermixed with fall-colored Celtic knotwork that winds around like a twisty October wind.

Celtic Knotwork, Spirals, and Christmas Tree Bulbs intertwined with holiday ribbon, holly, and stylized reindeer on a leather 'shield'.

An Escher-like tesselation of leaves, changing from the green of spring to the crimson red of autumn, detailed in Celtic knotwork and spirals.

Celtic knotwork and spirals connect tree roots up through branches, joined by the the sun and the moon and fairy lights. Border colors symbolize earth, air, fire, and water.

A dragonfly made of Celtic knotwork and spirals, in cool shades of blue and purple.

An orange-red stylized dragonfly, decorated with Celtic knotwork and spirals, with a watercolor background.

Mythical Atlantis, interpreted in oceanic and opalescent tones of Celtic knotwork and spirals.

This planet is a blue and green world of Celtic spirals and knotwork, reminiscent of weather patterns, and hurricanes even - lots of swirling energy. Hail Mother Earth!

Celtic knotwork round symbol flanked by more knotwork in faux enamel and metallic style.

A medieval looking round Celtic shield bedecked with gold and silver knotwork designs and rubies, sapphires, emeralds, and amethysts.

A blue crescent of Celtic Knotwork masquerades as the dark side of a blue moon, a rare sight indeed! What kinds of things do you do only about 'once in a blue moon'?

Symbols of sun, snow, wind and rain are surrounded by an intricate framing of Celtic knotwork in green, orange, and purple.

A celebration of Autumn, this piece features four stylized leaves in various stages of fall coloring, surrounded by a ring of yellow-gold, orange, and rusty-red autumn colored Celtic knotwork.

This pyramid design comes in three sections. Two triangles with zoomporphic knotwork birds with fish in their beaks, and a diamond with a round spiral design.

A blue green 'eye' is decorated with blue green Celtic knotwork art, as well as sandstone carvings and crescent moon corners.

A symmetrical Celtic cross design of intricate knotwork, resembling carved stone.

A butterfly made from all kinds of intricate Celtic knotwork and spiral designs, in yellows, oranges, and greens.

This design is done in black on a firey background - two dragons, in a yin-yang formation, surrounded by Celtic Knotwork.

From an original watercolor. A magical portal is opened in a doorway made of standing stones. Bordered by Celtic knotwork.

An abstract green and black escher-esque puzzle square in Celtic knotwork and spirals.

Celtic 'Avant Garde' is Celtic Knotwork with a modern, more sharply-cornered twist! This design, in purples and greens and blues, looks to be carved from stone.

A stylized sun in gold, orange, and red Celtic knotwork, around a center core spiral design.

An intricate work of Celtic art - a circle with four arms of interlocking spirals, in textured green, black, and white - very detailed!

A set of nine of my unique ATCs (Artist Trading Cards) in a formation reminiscent of a Tarot Spread. Each card was originally hand-drawn and inked (black and white) with Celtic knotwork art and contain various symbols and images.

Intricate celtic knotwork in the shape of a floorplan of a medieval castle. In blues and greens, and a touch of purple and yellow tones.