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Originating in Olde English folklore and later all over Europe & north America, a 'Will-o'-the-Wisp' is an atmospheric ghost-like light seen by travelers at night, especially over bogs, swamps or marshes.

Art from:
Hermann Hendrich, 1823.
Arnold Böcklin, 1882.

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2020-10-22

Some more ! Tarasca from the Marshes and Aristide the Armoured Fish. They are not to be trusted

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2020-10-08

In a will-o'-the-wisp is an atmospheric seen by travelers at night, especially over bogs, swamps, or marshes. Also known as a jack-o'-lantern, it's said to mislead travelers via flickering lights. 👻🕯️

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2020-10-06

Toxin Gatherers are a small breed of dragon that are primarily found in swamps, marshes, and near jungle rivers. They feed primarily on poisonous frogs, lizards, newts, and venomous snakes.

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2020-09-24

A scene depicted on a wall painting from the Theban tomb of the 18th Dynasty high official Nebamun, who lived around 1350 BCE. Nebamun is shown hunting birds, in a small boat with his wife Hatshepsut & their young daughter, in the marshes of the Nile. 1/3

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2020-09-13

Egypt is full of balmy marshes; perfect for smooth, oiled up frog boys

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2020-09-13

Baryonyx may have lived in a semiaquatic environment with shallow water, lagoons, and marshes. It also lived and coexisted with other theropods, ornithopods, and sauropods, as well as pterosaurs, crocodiles, turtles and fishes. Art by John Sibbick.

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2020-08-24

Creature submission for an upcoming roblox game lol. My username is Emefuzzbutt.

Deinocyon Palustrus, an ambush predator that lives in marshes. It's terrifying mouth has three rows of teeth that rotate like a meat grinder, have fun.

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2020-08-21

Originally I was going to do a set of 4 of these but didn't end up doing the last one, so I never posted them together, but here are MXTX paintings inspired by LotR settings~

It's the Dead Marshes, Army of the Dead, and Mines of Moria

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2020-08-10

Fantastic art work of this hen harrier at rspb Rainham Marshes.

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2020-08-01

Working on Lutenland—a world covered with vast marshes and swamps that devour ruthlessly anyone careless enough to set foot on them. All kinds of vicious beasts inhabit this region controlled by amphibians.

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2020-07-25

Another creature tonight! The Riggbit is an aquatic species, usually found in marshes 🐸+🐰

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2020-07-21

Found this marvelous vintage frame in Kennebunkport last week, so today I painted a scene from a photo I took of Kennebunkport for it!
Sunset over the Salt-marshes
oil on board
Painting is 20.5x9"
Frame is 18x28"
Available- $595

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2020-07-20

An aside to Glastonbury being the Isle of Glass in Welsh: when the base of the Tor was a lake, several villages were built in the marshes - Iron Age crannogs.
One of them, Meare Lake village, was a centre for rare Iron Age glass bead making.

A real Glass Isle.

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2020-07-16

To mark the date of his passing, here are three of my favourite Paul Nash images. Left: 'Wood on the Downs', 1922, top right: 'Wittenham Clumps', 1912, and 'Rye Marshes', 1923.

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2020-07-11

If you spend any amount of time near marshes, wetlands, or field edges, you're very likely to find these warblers skulking about among the grasses and shrubs.

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2020-07-10

A new of "Faversham Marshes" produced yesterday

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2020-07-02