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Glasgow Fairytales...

I adore the illustration work of Jessie Marion King who was a Glasgow painter and children's book illustrator.  Her Art Nouveau illustrations are charming, detailed and lyrical!

Inspiring me today...

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Fairy Fashions for Fall!

I adore these fairy fashions by Joanne May!  What will your fairy wear this fall???

Now Here Is A Book I'd Love To See Translated!

The Goblin Spider...

Isn't this a perfect title leading into October???  Via NY Public Library

A Beautiful Clear Full Moon...

I am generally NOT a cat person, but I sure do love these guys!  From 'Schippeitaro' a Japanese fairytale presented HERE!

Mouse Spouse...

How dear is this little creature, drawn by Carol Calder, and discovered Here.

Bramble King!

I adore the naiveness of this delightful illustration by Pam Jane Riley!

Amelia's Fairies...

More delightful fairies, these by Amelia Jane Murray of England, 1800- 1896.

Russian Fox...

Once again I accidently misplaced the link to this.  If you know please comment...  Don't you just love these expressions???

Swiss Delights!

I ADORE all these images by Swiss Illustrator Ernst Kreidolf (1863–1956).  What an Imagination he had!!!

Images via Here and Google Images.

The Swineherd...

I am enchanted by with this sketch by Mstislav Dobuzhinsky.  So simple and whimsical...  

Via Olga's Gallery

Russian Myths and Magic...

Konstantin Kalynovych is another Russian Illustrator whom I adore.  His work is as finely drawn is Durer's with wonderful surreal overtones and true fairy tale imagination woven in.  One has to look many times to catch all the details he has created.  Whimsical plays on reality stir our imagination - ice skating on a neck ruff, origami birds flying through the woods, and bigger than life shadows leading the way.  Delightful!!!

Link via Visual Arts Blog

Fairy Tales Seen Through Russian Eyes...

I absolutely adore the fairy tale illustrations of Russian artist Gennady Spirin!  

Kathy Viksjo writes in The Times on June 7, 1998: "He incorporates Raphael’s rich color—deep gold, blue and crimson reds—together with the Italian master’s classical compositions, into many of his illustrations. The microscopic precision of his super—realism recalls Flemish great Jan Van Eyck, while Spirin’s unbelievable graphic facility is like that of German Renaissance artist, Albert Durer…Even at first glance, viewers intuitively know that this is one of the masters of our time…Spirin is like a magician, using his paint brush as a wand."

His lushly detailed images evoke deep feelings of wonder, romance and idyllic sensibilities!  

Images via Children's Illustration Blog.

vision of wings...

via a touch of vaudeville

The Stag and The Stag Beetle...

I wish I could recall where I found this LINK to these wonderful Russian Illustrations!  Dense with details, they remind me of The Unicorn Tapestries.  I am imagining a story about a stag and a stag-beetle, perhaps finding friendship in their mutual similarities - seeing the world through one another's eyes and becoming richer from the discovery...

See more illustrations HERE

Pixie Boots!

Truly charming illustration by Andrea Joseph via Moleskinerie!  Which pair would you chose???

dream in blue...

Image by Fuyuko Matsui

Undine & Huldbrand

I find this watercolor of a swooning Undine, being embraced by her romantic hero Huldbrand stunning! 

The subject is taken from the short tale Undine by the German writer Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué (1777-1843).  Painted by Henry Fuseli circa 1819-1822

Ondines or undines (Latin: unda — a wave) are elementals, enumerated as the water elementals in works of alchemy by Paracelsus.^[1] They also appear in European folklore as fairy-like creatures; the name may be used interchangeably with those of other water spirits.^[2] Undines were said to be able to gain a soul by marrying a human and bearing his child.

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Slovakian Fairy Tales...

These stunning prints are by Katarina Vavrova of Slovakia.  Filled with wonderful symbols, and details her work evokes a dream like quality that I adore.  A few of her prints were designed for a Hans Christian Andersen Compitition in Tokyo and evoke wonderful memories from fairy tales we all love.  Others were designed as personalized Ex Libris, and are evocative and truly magnificent in their details.  ENJOY!!!