Inspired By Ancient Designs

by Maria Hunt

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$1,944

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30.000 x 22.000 inches

Title

Inspired By Ancient Designs

Artist

Maria Hunt

Medium

Painting - Pure Watercolour On 22x30 Arches Paper

Description

1st place finish DREAMS Contest 12/24/18
1st place finish - A LITTLE IRISH - A LITTLE GREEN 3/16/19

My favorite vacation was spent with friends taking a driving tour of Ireland and Scotland. As we drove, I stored scenes from special places in order to create a painting. Sadly, "Inspired by Ancient Designs" rested for 6 years in an "Unfinished Works" file, waiting for the artist to figure out how to complete the scenes behind the cross. To me, the Celtic Cross became the symbol of the merging of the Celts into the Christian church. In the lower left corner, sunrise on the Isle of Iona, birthplace of the "Book of Kells" was where I wandered through the ruins. Fields of hay were an unexpected treat, as we drove through the countryside. The Wee Kirk stood in a field, beside the road we traveled. On the side of the road, the Scottish symbol, thistles. bordered the edges of the field. I was taken by the castle reflections in the lake (upper Left) and the heather on the hillsides (Upper Right). The use of wet-into-wet painting had allowed the colors to flow.. the stumbling block for me was, "what to do with a large swath of lavender and gold on the right half of the paper and the lower section. " The Isle of Iona on the lower left handled that part of the problem. Fields of harvested hay handled the lower right..., and the solution for the large swath of lavender was the fish created with Celtic knots.

Special AWARDS:

1st place - ST PATRICK"S DAY HOLIDAY Contract 3/23/19
1st place tie - A Little Irish contest 3/19/19
1st Place - DREAMS Contest 12/14/18
3rd Place "Cultures and civilizations" 10/31/18
2nd Place - Great Composition Contest 9/7/18
3rd place: - Ascension - 6/1/18
1st Place - Abstract Contemporary 5/29/18
1st Place - Abstract Symbolism 5/25/18
3rd Place tie - Memories to Montage Contest
2nd Place tie - All together FAITH VALOR WISDOM 12/13/17
2nd place --Your Greatest Best Most Favoritest Artwork that YOU Ever Made 8/19/17
1st place finish -Fourth Annual Early Sunday Morning Contest
1st place tie -- Contest - Positively British 4/20/17
1st place -Fourth Annual Early Sunday Morning Contest 4/15/17
2nd place tie - Puzzle Beautiful contest 1/1/17
3rd place: - Serendipity Contest 6/21/16
3rd place tie - Watercolor Abstract Contest 4/21/16
1st Place Tie -Creative Dyslexics Contest 4/12/16
3rd Place in Watercolor April group logo contest 4/16
1st Place in Office Art Decor Architecture Contest 1/18/16
2nd Place in Logo Contest for Discover Watercolor Painters'
3rd place in SOMETHING UNIQUE Competition 2/5/15
1st Place "Discover Watercolor Artists " April logo contest
1st Place Fantasy in Watercolor 9//6/15
3rd Place Tie for Uplifting Art Contest 9/17/15
2nd Place - Coffee Mugs Contest 12/15/16
3rd place Tie - Happy Easter Art and Photography Contest, 4/8l17
SPECIAL Feature . Art District Home Page 4/8/17
1st place - Fourth Annual Early Sunday Morning Contest
3rd Place "Discover Watercolor Artists " July logo contest -6/30/17


Special THANKS to the following Fine Art America groups for Featuring this painting:

Your Story of Art 12/07/2018

The Art Of Watercolor 10/24/2018

Over 3000 Views 08/24/2018

From The Heart... 06/21/2017

Phenomenal Club 05/22/2017

SEMI ABSTRACT - 1 per Day 03/04/2017

Imagination-Artist... 02/02/2017

Beauty in Art - 04/23/2016

Office Art D￿r 01/21/2016

In GOD We Trust 11/11/2015

Uplifting Art 1 per Day 11/03/2015

Christian Theme Art 10/20/2015

500 Views -1 Image a Day 08/28/2015

Exclusively Drawings & Paintings 06/22/2015

Collectors Gallery 06/17/2015

The World We See 01/18/2015

1 Weekly - ALL Starz 01/05/2015

Afternoon and Dawn 12/31/2014

Images That Excite You 12/24/2014

Premium FAA Artists 12/24/2014

Artists Best Five ... 12/24/2014

3 A Day Waiting Room Art 12/23/2014

Appreciating Works From All Mediums 12/23/2014

Out Of The Ordinary 12/23/2014

ALL SEASONS Landscape 12/23/2014

Content
Celtic Cross, Celtic Knots, Book of Kells, Church in the fields, Sunrise on Iona, Hay Fields, Scenes from Scotland, Fish, Celtic scenes, Office d￿r, Home d￿r, D￿r, Maria Hunt, Scotland, Heather on the Hills, heather, Wee Kirk in the Heather, Iona, Book of Kells, Irish, Scottish

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December 23rd, 2014

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