Dan Watson
“I studied and worked as a mechanical design engineer before becoming a full-time illustrator,” says Dan. Now he enjoys painting and drawing dreams and nightmares inspired by mythology and folklore.
1 MINOTAUR
“You can probably tell that I enjoy painting spooky scenes. Foggy scenes are some of my favourites.”
2 MONSTER OF ELENDHAVEN
“This piece was named after and even inspired by Jennifer Giesbrecht’s fantastic story.”
3 DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES
“I wanted to paint the moment this creature turns to meet your eyes in the stillness of the forest.”
4 MIRROR MIRROR
“Inspired by Celtic folklore. I went to the Wallace collection in London to look at all the different kinds of armour on display.”