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FIDELMA GALLERY
Through the years, very few publishers have actually used the good Sister's likeness in their covers, opting for more “theme” scenarios.
Anyone who may have an artistic bone in their body to put pencil/pen to paper, mouse to digital, brush to watercolor, or whatever medium with which you’re comfortable.
We would like to encourage each of you to help us build an online gallery of Sister Fidelma artwork.
For those of you who have already created such images, we would ask that you resend them to use for inclusion. For those who have yet to produce something, now's your chance to contribute to this project.
While there is no “standard” for the good Sister's appearance, there is certainly ample description throughout the series that would enable you to “clothe” her appropriately. You could use one of the original book covers as a guide for your work, though we wouldn't necessarily encourage direct copying of the artwork produced for the books – make this work your own.
You may wish to render Fidelma as a “standalone” image, or you could insert her into a scene from one of the stores – it's up to you. If you do render an interpretation from one of the stores, please detail a description of same when sending your image(s).
And, of course, you’re not limited to one image – send as many as you wish.
So, please help expand this little project – you may email your images to us at david@sisterfidelma.com. We look forward to our inbox being filled up with your work!
To get this gallery started, we include herebelow artwork from those few covers that actually featured Sister Fidelma (click images to enlarge):
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The Society's Director became enamored of this De Leeskamer version (Belgian artist Ken Broeders) of Fidelma when he first laid eyes upon it, and it has been used on the Society's business cards, this website, as well as being the "icon" for more than one Féile Fidelma.
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Image of Fidelma by Belgian artist Ken Broeders, as used on the spine of the cover of the second Fidelma novel released by De Leeskamer, Lijkwade voor een aartsbischop (Shroud for the Archbishop).
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Fidelma (and a Muman warrior named Cass, member of the personal guard of Colgú) as used on the cover of De Leeskamer's release of Moord in de abdy (Suffer Little Children). Belgian artist Ken Broeders.
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This artist's impression of Fidelma was used as the cover on the Magna Story UKL large print edition of Valley of the Shadow and also on the Audio Book edition which was issued by the same company.
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Aufbau tried one visual of Fidelma on a cheap paperback edition of the German The Subtle Serpent - a 9th edition of the original issued in 2004. Curiously, it looks rather like the Czech visual.
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Czech version of Fidelma from one of their earlier hardcover editions.
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Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine used this illustration in their
May 1998 issue to go with
the story `A Scream from the Sepulchre' - artist is Allan David.
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This is from Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, May, 2006,
issue, to illustrate `Sanctuary!' - the artist is Laurie Harden. This story has
not appeared in an English language collection yet but has appeared in a German
Book Club (Club Taschenbuch) edition of Tod Vor Der Morgenmesse (Master of
Souls). It will also appear in the Aufbau Tremayne short story collection Das
Flustern der Verlorenen Seelen (out on November 23, 2007).
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Possibly the worst ever representation of Fidelma. This was from Rowohlt, the German publisher who published the first two Fidelma titles. The covers were so wrong that the author refused to sell more to them and changed to Aufbau who have, with their excellent jackets, created a Fidelma phenomenon in Germany. This shows Fidelma more as a 15th Century German woman than 7th Century Irish.
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Illustration from the Japanese translation of `The High King's Sword' appearing in the August, 2007, edition of the SogenSha magazine Mystery (vol 24).
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The Cashel Youth Club's interpretation (laid out by Shane Egan and artist who facilitated by John Tonra) of De Leeskamer's Fidelma, generated for the 2007 Cashel Arts Fest
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Though technically not an "image" of Fidelma, she is a "reincarnation" of the character, as appeared in the 2007 Cashel St. Patrick's Day Parade as its Grand Marshal.
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FAN ARTWORK - WAITING TO BE FILLED BY YOU!
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Rendering of Fidelma created by Argentine Publishers Peuco Editores, which appeared on the back cover of the Féile Fidelma 2006! booklet (and one of the author's favorite images)
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Yet another beautiful rendering of Fidelma created by Argentine Publishers Peuco Editores
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Mairéad Reidy's image of Fidelma, used as the banner for the Sister Fidelma Mysteries Yahoo group
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Mairéad Reidy's own take on the good Sister, with the Rock of Cashel in the distance
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Another rendering by Mairéad Reidy - "The card shows Sister Fidelma leading her trusty steed through the snow
filled forest on her way home to Cashel for Christmas. The horse is laden with
many Christmas friends for the sister's friends and her beloved Eadulf. The
cross in the picture is from the 9th or 10th century I am afraid but it is one
of my favourites. There was a high cross studio in Clonmacnoise and they used to
supply many monasteries and convents with high crosses.The card is for all the members but it is especially dedicated to Peter and
David with sincere thanks for allowing us to share in the wonderful world of
Fidelma through the brilliant books, the enthralling Fidelma Society and
its terrific Brehon journals and here's looking forward to Féile Fidelma 2008!"
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With the permission of the author we can add another picture by Mairéad which was in the form of a birthday card especially drawn for Peter's birthday. There is symbolism on the card, apart from the image of Fidelma. Pisces (his birth sign) is represented in the stone basin and also stands for the Salmon of Knowledge, the ash tree and the weeping willow are the tree symbols of the birthtime while the Ogham Stone (from Kilfountain, Co. Kerry) symbolise the author's knowledge of ancient Ireland as does the Celtic Cross symbolising Fidelma's period.
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"Sister Fidelma" is copyright of Peter Berresford Ellis. All individual fan artwork is the property of its respective artist, and can not be used on another page without their direct permission.
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