A Mystic is a person who practices mysticism, a term which Wikipedia explains as:
"...the pursuit of achieving communion or identity with, or conscious awareness of, ultimate reality, the divine, spiritual truth, or God through direct experience, intuition, or insight; and the belief that such experience is an important source of knowledge, understanding, and wisdom. Traditions may include a belief in the literal existence of dimensional realities beyond empirical perception, or a belief that a true human perception of the world transcends logical reasoning or intellectual comprehension."
Here I illustrate a Renaissance mystic. In the dark of the night he quietly treatises the experiences of his reality.
nerdboyxx: You are right about your interpretation of the Mystic painting. That is exactly what I wanted to communicate through the image. Hopefully I'll soon get the time to do more of such images.
I believe this to be a great reflection of man's interest in the beyond and uknown, the supernatural and the unexplained. This reflects well in this paining. I see where you are going with the mystic. He is deep in his studies, searching for ways to communicate or make connections to the beyond. It is something that is very popular in older fantasy. It takes us away from the quest-style, D&D style books and images out there. I hope that you draw more of these soon, and I really look forward to it when you do.
I love this image, it always puts me in a mood that i want to go dive into a book and go to another world for a little bit. Or maybe the mood where you want to go lay down and dream about "what could be". Anything is possible with the mind. Great image. =)