Today’s featured art is King Kyryk Redbear by Sara Forlenza
This painting of a dwarf king is exactly what I would expect to see if one strolled into my living room 
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the jeweled armor … designed weapon and armor … the short stature with muscles from blacksmithing … the hair and beard are the main warm colors thought he boots and armor accents also have golds and browns … the winter blues, silver wolf fur wrap … dull metal armor … cool colors … lots of contrast between warm and cool and it is balanced perfectly on a kn9ife edge between the two.
Excellent attention to detail and balance of color harmony.
A knight sleeping with a dragon is not exactly what one thinks of when hearing the words knight and dragon together in the same sentence … but it is a wonderful contrast and unexpected visual that makes one stop and consider other possibilities than just just knights hunting down dragons to kill them … fantasy books have long partnered dragons and knights as more than just foes to the death … some dragons are good and wise while others are to be tracked to their lairs for final death thrusts from swords … both can be in the same book so why not paintings of knight and dragon partnerships too?
This would be a wonderful addition to anyone’s fantasy art collection. The dragon scale detail is marvelous and took a long time to accomplish. The tattoo art on the knight is a bit unexpected as well … most knights are not pictured with tattoos … usually their armor covers them from head to toe so not much if any of their body or faces are ever seen. Great job!
For Love of Dragons by Stella Strout [Tattooed Knight Sleeping with Dragon]
