CATHERINE ECKERSALL
Painter
Bride and the Cailleach
The Footsteps of Bride
Oil on Canvas
2020
65 x 75cm
As she walked
across the freezing bog
her footsteps
were starred
with flowers of Spring.
The Adder
Oil on Canvas
2020
65 x 55cm
From the hollow
in the hill
emerged the Adder.
I will not harm the snake
and the snake will not
harm me.
The Plaid of the Cailleach
Oil on Canvas
2021
65 x 50cm
The Cailleach lurked
at the summit,
shrouded in woollen mists
and heavy
tweed clouds.
The Hind
Oil on Canvas
2020
75 x 55cm
Over
the frozen mountain
she herds
the deer
with her staff of ice.