“Cordelia”
Cordelia, in Irish, means jewel of the sea. I thought this looked like a beautiful ornate jewel that I would love to find at the bottom of the sea. The colors are varying greens and blues and turquoise with 23kt gold diamonds on the top and bottom.
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The inspiration for this piece came from the carpet pages from the “Book of Kells”.
His wreath you may have noticed resembles larva. Perhaps that’s because there is a butterfly in the middle of it.
These lovely peacocks are so crazy about each other that they interlocked necks and just won’t let go!
“Trust” This piece was painted in a deep Irish green. The large knotwork cross in the middle was done with a very bold gold leaf. The background directly behind the cross was painted with a striking lighter green to make the image of the cross “pop”. One of my favorite Bible verses is illuminated in […]
I had just finished reading one of those great books about Henry VIII England so I was really in the mood for knots and crowns.
The inspiration for this piece came from the carpet pages from the “Book of Kells”.
This painting gives the viewer the feeling of looking upward. As if looking upward through a lush forest or jungle and then seeing the light from above.
