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Lá Féile Padraig by Jim FitzPatrick & his daughter Suzanne.

I wanted to do something new and original for St. Patrick’s day this year, so Suzanne suggested we use the familiar symbol of the shamrock and connect it to one of my artworks. I am extremely happy with this modern interpretation of a classic symbol of Ireland.

Mixing the old and the new is something that I’ve always loved and this is a perfect example where my artwork is in the style of the monks who illustrated The Book of Kells over a thousand years ago. Using this old-style imagery brings us back to the earliest ideas of St. Patrick taking and molding the pagan symbolism of the Shamrock into a Christian icon.