SciFi and Fantasy Art: The Night of Beltane

Wonderful!
he shading is great, and the mood beautifully captured!

I agree with Kerstin- especially the woods are shaded very impressively.

Yeah wow, its a great pic again. One of the olders, huh? You really can see that the priestress doesn't have any fear but just feels joy and is curious how her night with the god will be. Very erotic.

*first comment dancy* I like the silhouette of the man standing out from the background. Wonderful shading!

Wonderful! I love the mood that pic gives me. You did very well with the shading! have a lovely Beltane!! ;o)

this is a truly lovely picture, i want to make it clear i am not questioning that. i am only curious..... is this a myth, or known story of legend or such things? or is it just a coincidence that the teen fantasy author Tamora Pierce has the same piece of story as part of her 'Immortals' series? in the series it is Diane's mother and Diane's father as the woman in the front and the horned hunt god falling in love on Beltane and then getting involved without getting married first.
if it is just a coincidence than i apologise deeply, i just don't quite trust coincidence of late. (if it is coincidence than i have just made a fool of myself but, alas, that is my role in life.) anyway, 1,000 apologies on either account.

-Winter

varda whoever you may be, thank you for correcting me.
and my fore mentioned apologies to the artist

-Winter

it is part of the pagan religion and celebrations. Marion Zimmer Bradley also writes about it plenty of times in her books. Celebrations are still held