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I now have selected pieces available as giclees and fine art prints by Print on Demand at http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/doan-art.html.
Please visit regularly as new images will be added as they become available. You can also get the prints matted and framed from the same site, one stop shopping!

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The drawing posted here is a preliminary plan for a future painting. This drawing came from a sketch I did last year. I used the sketch as a basis for an ink and watercolor painting that failed miserably. I liked the composition and thought I would develop the drawing more and later would try to paint it again.

About the drawing, well, I wanted to do a painting that featured the Dagda, the Father god of all the Tuatha De Danann. He had many consorts, and Boann was one of them. His relationship with Boann was kept a secret, because at the time he was with another goddess. Boann became pregnant as a result of their union and the Dagda extended one night to cover the nine months of her pregnancy. Thus, their son, Oenghus Mac Og, was conceived, gestated and born in a single day.

I am not sure if the woman in this drawing is Boann. It could be the Morrigan, who was the goddess of war, who the Dagda slept with on Halloween, in order to gain battle wisdom from her. Or, perhaps she is another goddess. Perhaps I will know who she is once I start the painting.

I used a new product called graphitint, which are graphite pencils with a tint of watersoluable colors. I intended to keep the drawing dry, but when I sprayed it with fixative to keep the graphite from smudging, the colors bloomed. I actually like the effect.

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