VIRTUTE VICI : "I HAVE CONQUERED BY VIRTUE" read the words on the weathered headstone in the Irish graveyard on which this cross was carved decades ago

Below and Within

and the wheel representing the cycle of all life

Celtic knotwork flows seamlessly to form a set of serpents twining together to represent the union of opposites

Two vigilant dragons flank a Nordic style cross found on a promontory in a remote kirkyard on the Isle of Man

Pictish Epona Pony Tattoo Design torc VIRTUTE VICI : "I HAVEThe ancient Scottish Inverurie stone carving of a prancing horse is the starting point for this unique pattern. Here the representation of Epona the Horse Goddess is silhouetted against a Celtic knot, making a fine symbol of equine power and grace. Later I added below it a wreath of a bed of thistles and a spiral. History lives on in a new form.