Fairy Bug

Yeah .. .I remember that book too ;) Kudos for linking the two!! Your work is ….. fascinating!! I find it hard to comment, but so easy to get lost in!! You certainly are … intriguing!!

It’s clearly not a real fairy… or you wouldn’t have done it! Not like those biologist who actually pin real bugs to boards… poor things. This looks great! Wings are fantastic… colours very olde worlde!!

Oh I love this Amanda, the tones are beautiful. What a lovely piece indeed. The textures really add to this, well done:)

Disturbing yet mesmerising and intriguing!!

Gosh some people are so small minded…Imagination is never constrained by the real world…This is a beautiful piece – it caught my eye in your profile picture and I just had to check it out. I love the colours and textures, it’s truly gorgeous. There is something so potent about the loss of innocence, which is what those gallery patron were probably struck by without realising. I love the story behind this…adds to the reading of this image.
Thank you so much for your comment on my latest posting – it’s great to receive the feedback!

Thanks Jordan – you are right about the reaction. The older me now appreciates that a strong reaction is better than bland indifference. The younger me took a while to get over it.

Thank you also to everyone else – I am very happy the Pressed Fairy Book is loved by others as well :)

i heard this great story about a prominent art collector in nyc in the 70’s who passed a gallery full of almost blank white canvas’s. he loathed the work so much that he immediately bought out the show because there is a truism in the art world that if you initially hate the work its probably very good, and if you really hate it, it’s likely to be the next big thing!.

..which of course minimalism was.
maybe we are entering an era of fairy crushing :(

A valid point :) Interestingly if we were entering an era of fairy crushing I would be one of those people trying to save them – either that or I’ll be too busy trying to find an art critic that hates my work but has deep pockets…..

Oh Amanda! I just adore ALL your work! Well done! I spied this photo as your profile and hoped there was a series behind it! The old world look (as said above) and their strong conceptual framework…...just wonderful! It’s a gorgeous book too- Lady Cottingtons’, I was given a copy but then found a tiny weenie version of it too- thought it was much more authentic, so I bought that aswell! Thanks for sharing these gems and for their stories! :)

I love the these series, fairies should be put in the jar and hang by wire that attach to the ceiling and have kids pointing at them in amazement!

This is great. I have massive appreciation for anyone who can mix the ‘pretty’ with the macabre and get away with it. You’ve done an awesome job. Such a beautiful image that you have to look a bit closer before you realise what is happening, and then you get the joke. This makes me laugh every time I see it. Screw the gallery, we – your audience here at RB – think you and your “nasty horrible” pinned fairies are rockin.

Thanks shygrrl. You’ve touched on a point that I think about a lot – what is the point where an image is either too sweet / too nasty that they lose their point. I am very glad you found Fairy Bug amusing – satire and sarcasm are the cornerstone of our culture and I think it should be celebrated.

Jessica – you always leave the most wonderful comments and I am so envious about your miniature copy of the book. I am now on a quest!

this is really eyecatching, i love the play on the marionette too. beautiful :)

Equisite and nasty, an excellent combination.

Really like what you are doing- they seem very paintily to me and not a little sinister!

ouch. Wonderful. poor thing ….

I love it! Not everything is made for everybody’s wall-this would be a great book cover, or book illustration and yes, fore wall of someone really really cool!!!

Very creepy! Well done though, the colour and detail is excellent.

like the series very well done

as someone who is sick of seeing cute littlew fairies all ove the place…this appeals to me immensly….great work and your work is very intresting!

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