Sunday, January 31, 2016

Oil pastel of Brigid

This year I wanted to celebrate Imbolc by making an oil pastel painting of Brigid, a Celtic fire goddess of poetry, smithcraft and healing. 


Brigid is also sometimes called Mary of Eire. The similarities between Brigid and Mary has been the cause of my renewed interest in her. Both are benevolent protective aspects of the Divine Feminine. Especially Brigid’s aspect of Hearth goddess and her inspirational creative fire are both very appealing to me.
After some more study I’ve discovered that that Brigid was also revered in the southern parts of The Netherlands. Just a few kilometers from my home town, in a small village there is a St. Brigida church with a statue of Saint Brigid. They also have St. Brigida school and a St. Brigida street  You can imagine I’m going to visit that village any time soon now.
By sharing this painting with you I want to wish you all a blessed Imbolc or St Brigid’s day.
Hugs Ellen

10 comments:

  1. Beautiful! Blessed Imbolc to you as well! :)

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  2. Wonderful! I like how her hair looks like the flame she holds. The flowers around her are as lovely as she is.

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    1. Thanks Bev It was tricky but it does give her that fiery look :)

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  3. She is wonderful! I love the "flaming" hair as well!

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  4. Oh, she is wonderful! So nice to see a bigger image of her here having only glimpsed the smaller version on IG. She is a beautiful, fiery flower! And her expression is perfection.

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  5. Your painting is beautiful. I got such a warm feeling of comfort looking at it and reading your post.

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    1. Thank you Siddaleah. I am glad to hear this :)

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