#celticknots

Next up we feature the intricate pen work of our own Nick Naglich (@nnaglich). It’s well worth the read on his type of art and how he makes his art….

I like to call my art style Keltic Knot inking. Because it’s not the traditional Celtic knot work people are used to seeing but a more rigid and edgy variant of it. I started drawing them over 5 years ago when I was prescribed Medical Marijuana for a chronic digestive illness. Each piece takes 10s of 100s of hours depending of size and complexity of the knots. Some are colored using markers or pencils but I typically tend to leave them black and white. I’ve never sold a piece and feel they have more value as gifts to people and businesses I care about. Since each piece takes so long I like to meditate on positive thoughts for the people they are to be given to and like to refer to my art as a form of meditation. Over the years I’ve evolved the style with different sizes, colors, and shading. I love each piece I frame or give away and usually throw away or burn the ones with mistakes.

“God’s dial pad”
14x11in
Ink & Charcoal
This was my first piece to incorporate an over under pattern made out of knots. It took ~75 hours to complete. On Instagram find Nick

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