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Original artwork description:
This is an illustration inspired by the legend of Abhartach. The story is based on a legend from Irish folklore of an evil cheiftain dwarf that terrorised his subjects in the lands of what we know today as Derry (or Londonderry) in both life and death, until a local hero was advised to bury the chieftain upside down and cover his burial with a large boulder and sprinkle the site with ash and thorns.
This is an original illustration executed in a mixture of both inks and traditional acrylic on 140lb watercolour paper. It comes with a signed certificate of authenticity, and is presently unframed.
Materials used:
ink on watercolour paper
Tags:
#legend #folklore #ghost story #derry #londonderry #irish myth #abhartachAbhartach - An Upside-down Burial (2022)
Mixed-media painting
by Terri Smith
23 Artist Reviews
£166.71 Sold
- Mixed-media painting on Paper
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 40 x 30 x 0.1cm (unframed)
- Signed on the front
- Style: Illustrative
- Subject: Landscapes, sea and sky
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Original artwork description
This is an illustration inspired by the legend of Abhartach. The story is based on a legend from Irish folklore of an evil cheiftain dwarf that terrorised his subjects in the lands of what we know today as Derry (or Londonderry) in both life and death, until a local hero was advised to bury the chieftain upside down and cover his burial with a large boulder and sprinkle the site with ash and thorns.
This is an original illustration executed in a mixture of both inks and traditional acrylic on 140lb watercolour paper. It comes with a signed certificate of authenticity, and is presently unframed.
Materials used:
ink on watercolour paper
Tags:
#legend #folklore #ghost story #derry #londonderry #irish myth #abhartach
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Artist Reviews (23)
Terri Smith
Ireland
About
I am a freelance illustrator and artist. My main work consists of illustration work for children's books, specific group sets of paintings for local exhibitions, and occasionally a commissioned piece.... Read more
