This site is about me, the Celtic artist, author, and web designer, Shane Clark. Here, you will find Celtic art, Nordic Drawings, Graphite Pencil Portraits, Poetry, Philosophy, Secret Love Letters, and more.
Welcome to Shane-Clark.com!
About Me.
I am a man who will get in your heart and not in your face. I will also take time to listen. I value communication and respect the needs of others. I set priorities. I research all my options, lists my choices and think before I make a decision. I rarely make decisions when I am emotional and not under control. I would rather wait three days than risk overreacting. I use logic, compromise, and negotiation to solve problems. I pick my battles wisely and I do my best to know the facts before I take a stand. I use motivation rather than intimidation. I don't offer excuses or blame others for my choices. I don't need to raise my voice or upgrade my personality when company is around. I am consistent. I don't brag because time reveals what matters. I gladly accept the challenges of being vulnerable and intimate. The depth of my maturity and the length of my attention span are the only real measurements that count. I also value good manners. Humility is a strength not a weakness. I use humor to enrich rather than ridicule. I love to see someone smile. I know my strengths and freely admit my weaknesses. I do not create delusions nor false hopes. I am loyal and honor the trust people place in me.
I draw several different types of art. Here on my site you will find a few samples of the things I have drawn. Obviously you'll find Celtic art (Celtic Knotwork). You'll also find pictures like the one on the left, which are "graphite pencil portraits" and a few drawings of horses that I drew with prisma color pencils (colored pencils). Finally, you'll find that I draw Nordic art (in honor of the guy who adopted me and inspired me to draw Celtic art).
I first started drawing when I was 12 years old. For some reason that I don't know anymore, I just started drawing.
I didn't start drawing Celtic art until I was 14 when I met the guy who adopted me. He is of Norse descent and suggested that I learn of my own heritage. I really respected the guy and did what he said.
To my amazement, the Celtic culture was rich with interesting information. At that time I was mostly interested in the Knighthoods and the art, so I started learning the ancient way of drawing Celtic knotwork and I've been drawing it that way ever since.
I don't know when it happened, but somewhere along the line I got interested in philosophy. I know I was inspired to seek the truth by a simple bible verse. "I am the truth, the light, and the glory. The only way to the fauther (to heaven), is through me". From that one verse I decided to take Jesus's word for it. That to find peace I must seek out the truth... so I did. I debated with myself and studdied other philosophers (but didn't conform to their logic) and also studied the mysteries. The mysteries meaning things that are mysterious and unsolved like all the religions, secret groups and the strange findings they have come up with.
About My Poetry.
Being interested in girls... and knowing that they like to recieve romantic things, I decided to study books on how to write poetry. Most of my poems ended up being a little on the dark side due to the depression of loosing girls because they never actually were interested in a true long term relationship. Some are for a girl who we waited several years for each other, but decided to go our way instead of get together like we had planned.
About My Web Sites
At this time I have over 40 websites. Most of them are geared torward Celtic art and tropical fish, but there are a few on Graphite Drawings and Ceramic Molds.
About My Celtic Writings
During the process of learning about my culture I took notes from all the things I've read and compiled them into a huge collection of writings. As far as I know everything is in my own words even though it is deducted from other sources. Not being a very good writer I did not take notes on which books the information came from, but did write down all the books I've read. Those books can be found in the Bibliography of the
Celtic Traditions website.
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