The short of it is I was bogged down in long-term projects and one morning I woke up and realized what I needed to do was paint an owl wearing one of Chronographia’s marvelous hats. So I did. This was the result: It made me so happy that I did another one the next day. …
Hunter and Hound 2016 by Goldeen Ogawa, watercolor on paper This is a somewhat cheeky piece of work. You see, it could be a depiction of Arawn, King of Annwm, (or possibly Gwyn; the distinction between them being so fuzzy), with one of his red-eared Yeth Hounds… …or it could be Sirius, the Dogstar, incarnate in a …
Colored pencils • prints and merch here! • buy the book here! Cover art for Professor Odd Episode 7: The Dogs of Canary Island. Now that the book is out, I can finally share the original cover art! This was done largely over the course of January/February 2015, all in colored pencils, as I do with …
MERCURY • colored pencil, ink and paint pen • 9”x12” bristol board Prints and merch available here! Returning to my Planet Horse series, meet the first of the terrestrial planet horses: Mercury! Here represented by an Icelandic Horse performing its distinctive gait, I wanted to evoke the fleet-footedness of both the planet (Mercury has the …
NEBULA • Personal work • 2015 • 11”x14” mixed media Print available! Revisiting my Planet Horse series (now perhaps more accurately called the Celestial Horses), this is the latest and largest edition: Nebula. Unlike the others, which were all modeled off existing horse breeds, Nebula sprung right out of my imagination—but she looks like some …
OURANOS 2015 • personal work Mixed media: acrylic ink, colored pencil and metallic pen on 9”x12” bristol board. Print available! Progress pics here! This is a redone version of the original Ouranos of my Planet Horse series from 2013. In this incarnation, Ouranos—third of the gas giants and first of the ice giants—is modeled off …
Now that Professor Odd #6: The Monster’s Daughter is finally out I can share the interior illustrations I did for the special two-part finale! They are both graphite pencil on bristol board, and while the versions in the book were digitally adjusted/cleaned up, I’m also posting the original scan, since I think the texture of the …
© Goldeen Ogawa 2015. WIP shots on Tumblr, print available here! Raise your sword up, woman of thunder ’cause they’ll try to take you down tonight Get your arms up, girl of wonder you gotta chase ’em down before they fly A personal piece I’ve been working on, on and off (but mostly off) since September …
Gildenvern • Personal Work, 2015 • Print available! This piece began as a test for me to practice gold leafing techniques with Sophie Klesen (AKA SoMK) at World Con last year, in London. I had a great time and learned a lot, but never got around to finishing it… until one afternoon, partially driven by not having …
Last year I was commissioned to do a series of Elemental Horses based on the four classical Greek elements. Ignis (fire), Aura (air), Aqua (water), and Terra (earth). They were themselves done in the style of my Planet Horses (Jupiter, Saturn, Ouranos and Neptune) from 2013. This year, I’m revisiting both series, beginning with the addition of the two missing …
