Celtic Illumination

This is a custom illuminated Celtic design created for the Celtic music group Distant Oaks in Santa Rosa, California. It is the cover of their latest CD, Gach La agus Oidhche: Music of Carmina Gadelica. The Design features intertwined animals representing the three early Celtic elements, two hawks for air, two salmon for water, two cows for earth, and superimposed over all a cross design.

Original knotwork and calligraphy by Titus Woods.

Materials: ink, gouache and 23K gold leaf.