Colours from a church in Kerry

Kelly Green, Veridian, Lime and Russet from a stained glass window

With St Patrick’s Day happening this past weekend I wanted to feature an Irish artist that fitted in with Coloricombo’s collage theme of this month. I found a wonderful artist, Harry Clarke, who was actually born on St Patrick’s Day. One might argue that stained glass is not collage but in some ways there are similarities and rules can be bent, right?

Henry Patrick Clarke (1889-1931) was an Irish artist and illustrator, and a leading figure in the Irish Arts & Crafts movement. He was a visionary stained glass artist of who the writer George Russell said was “one of the strangest geniuses of his time”.