This is another painting inspired by my trip to Ireland in 1996. Truth be known, I had started the painting 4 months before I went, using a photo Jeff had taken during his first trip to Co. Sligo.

I was so taken by the place, a 12th century Abbey in the heart of bustling downtown Sligo, that I ran right home and finished it.

The title of the piece comes from a song by Meg Davis, a folksinger from Cincinnati:

The tune, and its haunting words, are an oft-sung round amongst my friends and I.

And, for those of you who think 4 years is too long to spend on a comic, I spent 6 months on this painting alone.

Crazy Artists.