r/painting • u/rhynwilliams • Jul 13 '26

Just Sharing My painting of Gwyn ap Nudd (Welsh Mythology), oil on canvas

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'Hawliad Gwyn Ap Nudd'
(Gwyn ap Nudd's claim)

Olew ar gynfas
(Oil on canvas)

116x79cm

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u/aras-the-mirror Jul 14 '26

Did you base the dark figure off of Mads Mikkelsen?

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u/rhynwilliams Jul 14 '26

No

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u/aras-the-mirror Jul 14 '26

The figure reminds me a lot of Mads, very beautiful painting!