Kells Brooch Flow Meadowlark features beautifully observed songbirds

Meadowlark features beautifully observed songbirds and plants in subtle relief: nature and handcraft in harmony

We have no fewer than 12 RSPB reserves here

an enigmatic gesso panel featuring ethereal female figures and stylised blossoms

A fun yet immediately recognizable stylised owl - perhaps drawn from the barn owl that used to hunt at dusk through the Ring of Brodgar standing stones

creating a form as natural as a beautiful landscape

Kells Brooch Flow Meadowlark features beautifully observed songbirdsAbout 800 AD, under Viking threat, a stunning illuminated manuscript of the gospels was carried from Iona to the Irish abbey of Kells. It remains in Ireland to this day, the supreme example of Celtic high art.