June Emerald Post - History in Stone

I'm a bit behind in sharing but here is the bounty that was included in the June Special Stone Issue of Emerald Post. I still have 2 in stock HERE for $15 and you can get the Stone Watercolor Print HERE for $9. There was really a lot included in June's Issue as well as the upcoming July Castle Issue which is just about to hit mailboxes. It's not to late to snatch up a Castle Issue HERE. Wishing you all summers of bounty & beauty (but secretly wishing for fall).

Stones & Solstices

June's Issue of Emerald Post will be dedicated to the thousands of ancient stone monuments across the Celtic Isles, several of which are aligned with the summer solstice (coming up on June 21). Above is a sneak peek at a watercolor print that is included. A 4x6 Postcard Print of a stone circle, a timeline chart, and 5 more photos will be included! Hop over to Emerald Post Shop to get your June Issue today.

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March Emerald Post

Well, I hope your spring is off to a colorful start and surely the predominant color of spring is green. Ireland and its awe-inspiring shades of green were the fertile seeds that grew into the March issue of Emerald Post, for March is the month we celebrate not only St. Patrick but Irish culture in general (albeit sometimes in ways that are inaccurate or misguided). Besides an annual St. Patrick's fest, I celebrate Ireland and spring by bringing fresh flowers inside, taking hot cups of tea outside, revisiting Irish films, books, and of course music, and cooking up my favorite Irish meals. 

The March Issue was a lot of fun to create and curate. To honor the Emerald Isle, I included a large print of a hand-painted watercolor map of Ireland.  

Also included in the March issue: a lovely postcard print of a gothic green doorway at St. Canice's Cathedral in Kilkenny (which can still be obtained with 7 other postcards in the Portal Collection), a cute miniature notecard and envelope featuring a lucky 4-leaf clover, and a 5x7 print of my favorite - 40 Shades of Green Butterfly which mimics stained glass. The Butterfly print is available individually HERE. It's time now to go outside and enjoy Spring's bounty and gather inspiration for April's issue which is fast approaching.

A Different Sort of Portal

My Portal Collection shows love to the architectural doors of Celtic lands but nature, especially an Irish forest, offers us many portals to other worlds, literal caverns of arching trees as well as sun dappled or shadowy worlds of our imaginations. I am grateful for the places that the natural realm takes me in my life and in my mind, with my feet and with my soul. Grateful, too, for the magical places I've been that have really transported me. I often include this quote by Stephen Graham in the journals I take on trips to remind me that doors are everywhere, but we must look for them:

As you sit on a hillside,

or lie prone under the trees of the forest,

or sprawl wet-legged by a mountain stream,

the great door,

that does not look like a door,

OPENS.

- Stephen Graham

Painting in the woods in my travel journal from last trip to Wales and S.W. England. 

Natures does seem to present me with actual doors, too, sometimes, though I think they lead to the Faerie Realm...

Inside January Emerald Post

January is already behind us as we inch closer to Spring, to green, and to March throughout which I celebrate Irish Culture & St. Patrick and the renewal of the natural world. You can bet that the March Edition of Emerald Post will be extra special & Irish. For the curious, below are the contents of the January Edition: A lovely print of a watercolor cityscape of Dublin and it's architectural icons, a large notecard featuring a view from the Rock of Dunamase, and a small notecard of Bloody Bridge on the coast near Newcastle, Northern Ireland. Read more about Bloody Bridge HERE on my Traveling Chariot Blog.

5x7 Art Print of Dublin Icons
(left to right) Dublin Castle, Brazen Head Pub, Christ's Church Cathedral, St. Patrick's Cathedral, The General Post Office

Watercolor on Paper

Beneath Bloody Bridge, Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland

3.5x5 Notecard with envelope

View from Rock of Dunamase, County Laois, Ireland

 5x7 Notecard with Celtic Stamped Envelope

*Watermarks on artwork/photos are not present on actual items