Cailleach

by Natasa Ilincic

Mountains grew my bones,
Cold streams carved my skin.

Sweet summer I devour,
Harden her soft moss
Under my frosted claws.

Wild beasts I rule,
For they know my call
When it thunders through the glen.

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Watercolour on hot pressed 300gsm paper.

Size: 18.7 x 26.8 cm (7.36 x 10.55 inch). Plus 5mm (0.2 inch) white border.

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Natasa Ilincic

Nataša graduated in Cultural Anthropology at the University of Venice, with a thesis on female traditional Balkan tattooing. Following her studies, she moved to Scotland to pursue a career in art and illustration.
Her work, centered on mythology and inspired by dark corners of history and folklore, has been shortlisted for the Folio Society Book Illustration Competition 2017 and World Illustration Awards 2018, and exhibited in various galleries including the London House of Illustration and Somerset House.
Through her art, she aims to explore the spiritual relationship between humans and wilderness with a new voice, but one that echoes the wisdom of ancient ways.

Nataša lives in Edinburgh, with her partner and a little jungle of plants, and is the creator of A Compendium of Witches.

• www.natasailincic.com
• www.patreon.com/natasailincic