Scottish Artist John Duncan Saint Bride Counted Cross Stitch Pattern

• Orenco Originals creates exceptional charts/patterns. NO thread or fabric are included.

• COUNTED CROSS STITCH PATTERN Charted For 14 Grid/Count Fabric. Finished Size is: 16 inches (224 Stitches) by 14 inches (196 Stitches)

• Chart/Patterns uses 47 colors of DMC floss. Full stitches only. No half stitches and no backstitching necessary.

• We provide two charts both printed in black ink on bright white 11" by 17" paper. Chart #1 is a single page chart. Chart #2 (tired eyes) is a 4 page enlarged chart that eases eye strain.

This is a pattern that is used to sew and to create a cross stitch picture.

This is NOT a completed product. It is NOT a kit, it contains no floss or fabric.

This is a cross-stitch pattern, not a completed product. It is not a kit, and contains no floss or fabric. This chart was inspired by the illustrations of:

John Duncan (1866-1945) was a Scottish painter. John Duncan was born in Dundee, Scotland in 1866. At 11 years old he attended the Dundee school of art. In two years he began illustrating for local paper in Dundee. These assignments gave him an opportunity to go to London and work as a book illustrator. He studied drawing and painting at the Antwerp School of Art in Belgium. After his instruction in Belgium Duncan toured France and Italy and viewed the great artists of the past. It was in Italy that he was most inspired by the Italian painters Botticelli and Fra Angelico. Duncan returned to Edinburgh and opened a studio and began working to create a unique voice with his work. He decided to incorporate Celtic themes and strive for better color and handling. He struggled to have his canvases reflect the images he saw in his mind. He disliked oil paints, which led him to experiment with other media. By 1910 he thought he had found his medium with tempera. His first large work with tempera was The Riders of the Sidhe. Called a madman by some and a mystic by others, Duncan admitted to hearing "faerie music" whilst he painted. Although his work remains strongly rooted in the Pre-Raphaelite movement, there is a certain graphical quality which sets it apart from his contemporaries and likens it to Art Nouveau, while the subject matter is thoroughly Celtic Revival he is generally referred to as a "symbolist" by art critics.