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' enchantment '

is an exhibition of new paintings

journey through world mythology, Druid philosophy, and Cumbrian folk tales of faeries and elves

https://t.co/xLvOPNGPFV


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2023-06-04

Guten Morgen, ihr Lieben!
George Romney (1734–1802) 🎨 🇬🇧
Die Familie Gower: Die fünf jüngsten Kinder des 2. Earl Gower, 1767/77 🖼️
Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, Cumbria, UK 🏛️

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2023-03-27

My current series of explore birth and rebirth; contain elements of Celtic, Greek and Egyptian, Tibetan mythology; Cumbrian folklore; Tarot

https://t.co/vTFphgBofy



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2023-03-26

In Cumbrian dialect, 'wiggen-tree' is the rowan tree. Plant a rowan tree in your garden to ward off evil influence, and provide a home for benevolent faeries


: Arthur Rackham

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2023-03-18

Portrait in progress of the wonderful Swedish artist Katarina Sjostedt Hughes who lives in Cornwall. I’ve been making some texture ‘brushes’ in Procreate app to avoid an ‘airbrushed’ effect!

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2023-03-18

'Winter skies over Langdale' seemed quite apt for today as the snow has returned 🌨

https://t.co/4LxZPW9SHv

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2023-03-15

Happy Weekend! Apple pencil on iPad, sort of a drawing/painting hybrid as digital “brushes” attempt to imitate drawing materials such as charcoal, as well as textures and paint media.#portrait

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2023-03-11

"derived from a circumstance which happened about 200 years ago, almost too ridiculous to be credited”
Renwick 1733: a Cockatrice took up residence in the ruined church, but a local man, John Tallantine killed the creature using rowan tree branch.

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2023-03-06

Thank you so much to for sending these paintings to new homes this week and also to the lovely people who bought them 🧡💙

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2023-03-03

A boggart is a goblin-like creature in northern English folklore, inhabiting woodland, marshland, sharp bends in the road or residing under bridges

Boggart lore
https://t.co/ks8LHKXtxt

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2023-03-02

A boggart is a goblin-like creature in northern English folklore, inhabiting woodland, marshland, sharp bends in the road or residing under bridges

Boggart lore
https://t.co/soqr4WrM1l

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2023-02-28

Two new based on characters from and

Cernunnos, the Horned God of European mythology

Jenny Greenteeth, the River Hag from Cumbrian folklore


🎨 mixed media on canvas

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2023-02-10

Just finishing off this painting of the view from Green Gable in the Haystacks, beloved of AW Wainwright in the centre.

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2023-02-06

In Cumbrian dialect, 'fellin-girse' is green hellebore. It was grown on farms as a cure for numerous livestock ailments, but in folk magic it's used to call forth demons and curse enemies


art: Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl

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2023-02-03

Sketch of the Day: Hesket Newmarket, 2008

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2023-02-01

If taken ill, you may be 'elf-struck', shot with an elven arrow. In Cumbrian folklore, the elves got the arrows from faeries, who got them from mermaids.


art: Oyasumi

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2023-01-31

Update on this - not finished but at least the canvas is covered😂. Sorry about the wet paint shine! Oil on linen, 80 x 60cm.

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2023-01-28

1/2 Just some of my favourite photos from the recent cold spell.
Beautiful scenes 🤩❄️

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2023-01-24

In the Solway Firth, a mermaid fell in love with a sailor whom she rescued when his ship ran aground. She slipped a gold ring on his finger and promised to return to him, but after many years of waiting, he died, alone.



Arthur Rackham

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2023-01-24