Page 70 - The Westerner Magazine Halloween 2018

one is in the book entitled “MYSTICAL
FAIRIES.” Coming soon are a series of
paperback books of this series, to be
published by “IMAGINATION
BOOKS”, a new imprint of DSP.

Here is how I describe my painting
Doorway to Fairyland:

Forest Fairy Wandering,
near Glade and Wood and Stream,
searching for the Magic World
seen deep within her Dreams.

At last her Vision manifests ~ It is an
Ancient Tree!
So when she nears, a Door reveals ~
the FairyLand she yearns to see!
I’m a big opera buff, and one of my
And then a Spell transforms her, favorite operas is “Hansel and Gretel”
when she taps the Azure Stone. composed by 19th century composer
She becomes a Celestial Being, Engelbert Humperdinck in 1893. There
entering the Realm she will call Home. is a delightful 1954 animated film made
of this opera with stop motion animated
I have a deep love of fairy tales, as I figures. It inspired me to create some
mentioned. They are also beloved by artwork based on this opera.
people of all ages in literature, films, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansel_an
music, painting, etc. One fairy tale d_Gretel:_An_Opera_Fantasy
comes to mind for this special time of
year. It is the famous Hansel and Gretel I have illustrated several paintings from
by the Brothers Grimm. this famous story: “HANSEL AND
GRETEL LOST IN THE WOODS” and
“THE GINGERBREAD WITCH” as you
see here. I hope you enjoy these
pictures as befitting this time of year.