From the Irish Gaelic Study Tribe:
Thríbhís Mhór, an - The Great Triscele (Sea, Earth, and Sky), whose binding (which is indivisible and may never be broken down to three separate parts) insures the integrity of the cosmos; as an individual binding it ensures slán, and as the penalty for breaking of a geis acts as a whole (the sea rise to drown you, the earth open to swallow you, the sky fall to crush you - v tríbhás).

First of a triptych. More to follow...

This pictures has been several months in the making and has taken me a LOT of time and effort. I originally started it while I was abroad in England last spring. It took me about two days to do her skin and hair. Then probably another day to shade the triskele, and I don't know how many more after that to shade and colour each individual leaf on the vines because the brush I used was flat. When it came time to do the background, I had no idea what I wanted to do and so set it aside because I was so frustrated. While organizing the HUGE stock folder on my computer, I came across it again and decided to finish it. I stumbled upon the background and am SO THRILLED with how it came out! ^.^

My original plan for this was to do each element: Earth, Water, and Wind, then eventually combine it to make one large triskele. The file sizes I've been using though are HUGE! (Because I want to be able to make some decent prints out of these for once!) So my computer isn't very happy with me when I work on this!

And now for the rather large list of stock providers:
Earth elemental:
Dirt texture: , taken by
Vine and Hair brushes:
Swirl brushes:
Stump:
Background:

I THINK that's everyone....

Made in PSPX and Paint Shop Pro Photo X2.

I give permission to and to post this in their gallery.