🦢It's finished!🦢 My contribution to the DRAWDA festival in Drogheda, Ireland. This was a special one, I was given the Irish mythological story of Étaín, to make my own visual representation of this complex story. I will not do it justice trying to summarize it here, so I will explain the elements I picked. Étaín was a beautiful woman who got cursed and transformed into a scarlet fly. This is the glowing insect you see in the middle of my painting, a 'scarlet fly' with a little twist. 🪳 In the very end of the story, over a thousand years have passed and Étaín has transformed many times, she flies away with her lover and they are seen as two swans. 🦢🦢 In my composition I tried to show protection and love, elements that are a part of this story. 💜 . DRAWDA is a curated multi- disciplinary public arts programme, produced by @droichead.arts.centre and @lovedrogheda , with Louth County Council Arts Office and curators @dee_walsh & @hegarty.brian ⚡ Thank you to everyone involved for treating me so well, and for making me feel so welcome! If you're ever visiting Dublin and/or Newgrange, definitely stop by Drogheda to check out all the mythological murals that were created (and are still being made right now!) by @lulagoce and @ciarandunlevyartist , plus 3 more artists that will be announced soon 😏 Funded by the Arts Council of Ireland under In the Open | Faoin Spéir Initiative, Louth County Council, Love Drogheda BIDS, Town & Village Accelerated Measures funding. Supported by @thedhotel , @murtaghsofdrogheda &@colourtrendpaints @artscouncilireland @discoverboynevalley @mythicalireland #streetart #mural #muralism #muurschildering #swans #mythologicalireland #colourtrend #thedhotel #murtaghsofdrogheda #wallpainting #ninavalkhoff #cicada #artscouncilireland #failteireland #tourismireland #discoverboynevalley #boynevalley #intheopenfaoinspeir #lovedrogheda #droicheadartscentre #DRAWDA #muralart #muralartists #streetart #streetartists #streetartfestival #streetartireland
