Brigantia

Oil on board

Gordon Napier Mar 2008

Brigantia was an ancient Celtic goddess, identified with the Roman Victoria. In this picture I wanted to encapsulate the spirit of pre-Roman Britain: artistic, poetic, mystical and untamed.. I used my imagination on the details, designing my own motifs, although keeping to the spirit of Celtic art. I took the image in a fantasy direction with the costume. A real Iron Age warrior would have worn a sort of tartan tunic and trouser and a heavy woolen cloak fastened with a broach. That or fought naked...