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Goddess/Saint Brigid - Goddess of fire and water, healers, childbirth, poets and inspiration.

On February 1st, 2020 Brigid's Day my drawing of Brigid was projected onto the GPO by Dodeca Ireland in a slide show of a whole host of wonderful art dedicated to Brigid. It was a very powerful and intense evening, I was nervous and excited in equal measure. The original image was drawn on a postcard, so to see it go from 5.5 inches x 3.5 inches small to a huge 67.1 metres high and 24.4 metres wide was more than a little surreal.

It was so incredible seeing my art projected onto one of the most iconic buildings in Ireland and I felt so proud to be up there with the likes of Jim Fitzpatrick and Courtney Davis and many many more wonderful artists. The biggest ‘canvas’ for painting ever. Amazing!

It's one of my proudest moments as an artist…so far.

It all came about when a call out was given for an initiative to give Brigid her own National Holiday, which I fully support and wanted to get involved in. Herstory brought it all to life and put so much work into making this magical night happen.

HERSTORY: “Founded in 2016, Herstory’s mission is to give the public authentic female role models and a game-changing education programme, inspiring countries around the world to start their own Herstory movements.” https://www.herstory.ie/20/20