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Original Artwork

Shel Kahn has been painting, drawing and sculpting traditionally since 2003, and continues to produce original artworks in tandem with their commercial art career.

Crystal Islands

ceramic
watercolour on paper
Dark Waters Crystal Island
gouache on card
oil pastel on board
gouache on board
gouache on board
gouache on card
watercolour and mixed media on paper
artist’s crayons on paper
artist’s crayons on paper
gouache on paper
Sunset Crystal Island
gouache on paper
gouache on paper
coloured pencil on paper
Drawing - Lonely Visitor
graphite on paper
A red fox perches on top of a small stony island, which turns into amethyst pillars below the dark water.
gouache on paper
gouache on paper
gouache on paper
gouache on paper
gouache on paper
Apophyllite Crystal Island
gouache on paper
Neighbourhood Crystal Island
gouache on paper
Road Trip Crystal Island
gouache on paper
watercolour on paper
Lonely Keep Crystal Island
gouache on paper
Fantasy Silhouette Crystal Island
gouache on paper
gouache on paper
mixed media on paper
watercolour on paper
watercolour on paper
gouache on paper
gouache on paper
watercolour on paper
gouache on paper
watercolour on paper
watercolour on paper
watercolour on paper
watercolour on paper
watercolour on paper

Speculative Art

watercolour and mixed media on paper
watercolour and mixed media on paper
watercolour and mixed media on paper
oil pastel on paper
watercolour and mixed media on paper
watercolour and mixed media on paper
watercolour and mixed media on paper
gouache and oil pastel on paper
mixed media on paper
gouache and mixed media on paper
oil pastel on paper
watercolour and mixed media on paper
watercolour and mixed media on paper
watercolour and mixed media on paper
air dry clay and mixed media
air dry clay and mixed media
air dry clay and mixed media
Fantasy Illustration - The Golden Bear
watercolour and mixed media on paper
watercolour on board
watercolour on paper
gouache on paper
watercolour and mixed media on paper
watercolour on paper
watercolour on paper
watercolour on paper
gouache on paper
watercolour on paper
watercolour on paper
watercolour and mixed media on paper
watercolour and mixed media on paper
watercolour and mixed media on paper
Yellow King RPG Paris Cover
watercolour and mixed media on paper
watercolour and mixed media on paper
The Mammoth and the Namedealer
watercolour on paper
Forest Adventurers - Watercolour Illustration
watercolour on paper
Colour Illustration - 5th Edition DnD Cleric Brialma
gouache on paper
The Well-Dressed Woolly Mammoth
watercolour on paper
watercolour and mixed media on paper
gouache on paper
It Came from Beneath the Mire
metallic watercolour on paper

Work from Life

gouache on paper
gouache on paper
oil pastel on paper
oil pastel on paper
oil pastel on paper
oil pastel on paper
oil pastel on paper
oil pastel on paper
gouache on paper
gouache on paper
gouache on paper
gouache on paper
gouache on paper
gouache on paper
gouache on paper
gouache on paper
gouache on paper
gouache on paper
oil pastel on paper
oil pastel on paper
oil pastel on paper
oil pastel on paper
oil pastel on paper
oil pastel on board
oil pastel on canvas
oil pastel on canvas
oil pastel on paper
oil pastel on board
oil pastel on board
watercolour and oil pastel on board
oil pastel on paper
intaglio and aquatint on kozo paper
intaglio and aquatint on kozo paper
intaglio and aquatint on kozo paper
watercolour and oil pastel on paper
soft pastel on paper
gouache on paper
gouache on paper
gouache on paper
soft pastel on paper
soft pastel on paper
soft pastel on paper
oil pastel on paper

Abstract Maps

watercolour on stretched paper
watercolour on stretched paper
watercolour on stretched paper
watercolour on stretched paper
watercolour on paper
watercolour on paper
watercolour on paper
watercolour on paper
watercolour on paper
watercolour on paper
watercolour on paper
watercolour on paper
watercolour on paper

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