Given tomorrow is St.Patrick’s Day and that its celebration is a well loved childhood memory (my mother’s surname being Murphy after all) I wanted to post something to honor the saint who drove the serpents out of Ireland. I found glancing through past work , that although I am very fond of the saint, I’ve never drawn him before. I decided to remedy that error and set about putting together this rendering .
I hope he would be pleased.
Blessed Saint Patrick
2016
graphite, colored pencil, pastel and mixed media on paper
18 by 24″
Last minute I snipped away one of my relief prints and added the harpy to the composition ; I’m pleased with the result.
I must have sensed on some level that the holiday was approaching as I have been listening to quite a bit of Irish folk music. A favorite is The Raggle Taggle Gypsy O , particularly as interpreted by the great countertenor Andreas Scholl. I thought I would include it into this post. Link below.
Boondocks Babylon 