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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

Come along to the exhibition curated by June Watson, Doctoral Candidate from Northumbria University, celebrating local botanical illustrator and scientist Emma 4th Countess of Tankerville, Northumberland, at Conference Room one, County Hall, Morpeth until Friday, 31 March. 🎨

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2023-03-05

⚔️Collections "Vikings"⚔️

Eirik Bloodaxe

The dark lord of the Vikings, a cruel tyrant who killed three of his brothers. but he lost to the fourth in battle, after which he fled to Britain, where he became king of Northumbria

https://t.co/y9cumJQho9

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2023-03-05

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


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On 14 February 269 AD, Saint Valentine of Rome was martyred. A common hagiography describes him as a priest of Rome or as the former Bishop of Terni, an important town of Umbria, in central Italy.

The Feast of Saint Valentine, also known as Saint

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2023-02-15

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

Eric Bloodaxe
From as young as 12 Eric began raiding and pillaging along the Baltic coasts. Eric became king of Norway after the death of his father and had four brothers slain in attempt to retain the crown. He was later ousted by his brother Haakon and fled to rule Northumbria.

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2023-02-07

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

4 dettagli Cappella Baglioni Spello Umbria. Pinturicchio. Visionare singolarmente.

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2023-02-04

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