River Folklore

Bulrushes Reflected

Oil on Canvas

2020

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90 x 85cm

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SOLD

They entice their victim
into the recesses they inhabit
beneath
the river,
by floating past
on the surface of the water.
 

Water Fairies,

Scottish Fairy - Tales
 

Across the Eye 

Oil on Canvas

2020

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90 x 70cm

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SOLD

He is angry,
and,
inquiring with which eye she sees him,
puts out her second sight
with a bulrush.

 

Ulster Folklore
 

Hazel Pool

Oil on Canvas

2020

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90 x 45cm

The river was still too dark 
to enable them to see 
what its pools
and its overhanging 
hazely
banks concealed.


 

Elphin Irving,

Scottish Fairy-Tales