Bean nighe : The washer at the ford

50 x 70 cm
Acrylic on canvas
year : 2016.

The bean nighe (Scottish Gaelic for "washer woman"), is a Scottish fairy, seen as an omen of death and a messenger from the Otherworld. She is a type of bean sìth (in Irish bean sídhe, anglicized as "banshee"). She can manifest as an old hag, or as a beautiful young woman with flowing hair and fair skin.
As the "Washer at the Ford" she wanders near deserted streams...