The Art of Amy Letts

Celtic Cross

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The Original – SOLD

Title: Celtic Cross
Measurements: 13.6 x 10 inches.
Medium: Acrylics
Date: 2006
Artist: Amy Letts

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Fine Art Prints are available is sizes A4 & A3. They are printed using eco-technology and pigment inks. All packaging is biodegradable or recyclable.

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Description

Celtic Cross is an acrylic painting by artist Amy Letts depicting Saint Piran’s Cross, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall. It is believed to be the oldest Celtic Cross (so named because of their wheel-headed shape), dated as sometime pre 960 A.D. because it was mentioned as a landmark in the Charter of Kind Edgar. Located in the Sand Dunes between Perranporth and Newquay, it is nearby the ruins of Saint Piran’s Oratory, lost to the sand dunes for over a thousand years.

At 8-feet tall, inscribed stones such as this one are believed to be waymarkers. This one could be a marker for the coastal path, or St Piran’s Oratory, which would make it even older, actually predating the arrival of the Celts!

The painting depicts the ancient stone cross in its lonely isolation among the sand dunes. Interestingly, only three of the four holes are completely bored through. Is there some kind of significance to this?

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