I did this article a while back when I created my design of the Green Fairy (or Absinthe). It is perhaps a bit long for here, but I hope …
I did this article a while back when I created my design of the Green Fairy (or Absinthe). It is perhaps a bit long for here, but I hope you enjoy it. I have been enjoying the intriguing history of this little fairy and she has inspired me to create my own version of her. She was the muse said to represent the potent liquor known as Absinthe. A naughty and mischievous lady, but very seductive. She is also referred to as La Fee Verte or Green Fairy. She was part of La Belle Époque, or “beautiful era”. A period in France’s history that began during the late 19th century and lasted until World War I. It was a golden time of beauty, innovation, and peace between France and its European neighbors. A time of cabaret, and cancan, and art flourished with Impressionism and Art Nouveau. She inspired famous artists and writers of that time, and was a favorite of the bohemian culture. Some of the more famous imbibers she inspired were… Verlaine, Rimbaud, Poe, Wilde, Mary Shelly, Hemingway, Somerset Maugham and Jack London. Absinthe often has a dazzling green color (depending on the brand). The color usually came from the chlorophyll content of the herbs used in the distillation process. The main ingredient being Wormwood. But it not only inspired, it also drove some mad. It is said to be a contributing factor when Van Gogh cut off part of his ear. Below a quote from Wilde. Oscar Wilde / “After the first glass you see things as you wish they were. After the second, you see things as they are not. Finally you see things as they really are, and that is the most horrible thing in the world.” Absinthe also enjoyed great popularity in New Orleans at that time but was banned in the U.S. around 1912. One place of great renown was “The Old Absinthe House” in the heart of the French Quarter, at the corner of Bourbon Street and Bienville. Many celebrities passed through their doors as well … including P.T. Barnum, Mark Twain, Jenny Lind, Enrico Caruso, General Robert E Lee, Franklin Roosevelt, Liza Minelli and Frank Sinatra. / / This is just a taste of the rich history that follows the Green Fairy. There is so much more and only a search away if you would like to delve deeper. I hope you enjoy my illustration of this fascinating Green Fairy and her intoxicating past. I offer my rendition of her here on T-shirts, wall art and cards.
Hello Everyone, / Come Visit Me Lynn G this Friday my art Show in Los Angeles The Night Gallery @ RUIN. Must be 21+ Print out this fly…
Hello Everyone, / Come Visit Me Lynn G this Friday my art Show in Los Angeles The Night Gallery @ RUIN. Must be 21+ Print out this flyer to enter for FREE before 10:30pm. feel free to copy this flyer & post it wherever or give it to a friend!!! :) !!
hello everyone! I would like to invite you all to my latest art exhibit. It is in Downtown Los Angeles, and is part of the art walk th…
hello everyone! I would like to invite you all to my latest art exhibit. It is in Downtown Los Angeles, and is part of the art walk that will be there. The reception is from 6-9pm @ 124 2nd St, Los Angeles 90012. Myself & several other indie artists will be there. Wine & snacks will be provided as supplies last. This exhibit will last 1 month, so please swing by & check it out even if you can’t make the reception. If you are reading this journal entry you are invited to come! Lynn
Hello Everyone!!! I would like to invite you if you are in the LA area to my latest Art Exhibit. I have been invited back & book until…
Hello Everyone!!! I would like to invite you if you are in the LA area to my latest Art Exhibit. I have been invited back & book until March The Night Gallery RUIN in the Monte Cristo. 3100 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles. This Friday will also be a special friday as well because it will be their winter formal. The event is 1030pm to 230am. If you arrive before 1030pm you can get free with the flyer. Contact me for the flyer if your interested. I still have my art hanging in the 2nd Street cigars lounge & gallery in Downtown, Los Angeles—if you get a chance check it out !!! Stay Tuned I have another art exhibit coming up 1/21 with ArtShow LA…... :)
Hey Everyone!! Once again! I have an art exhibit. I have been fortunate enough to team up with ARTSHOW LA. Artshow is a celebration of…
Hey Everyone!! Once again! I have an art exhibit. I have been fortunate enough to team up with ARTSHOW LA. Artshow is a celebration of music-art-dance-people. It’s a non-competitive environment for Indie arts to show/sell their work. It creates environment where it focuses on bringing people together learn & grow & just chill & have fun. This event is called Artsy Fartsy & it’s @ The Mountain Bar in Chinatown—Los Angeles. / This is a 21+ and there’s a $5 cover….which is pretty cheap for 2 floors of fun! Check out this event here: / http://www.artshowla.com/Art_Show_LA/ArtShowLA.html or at my myspace they are in my top friends & if you feel like it add me! / www.myspace.com/lynngallery I hope to see some of you guys there it would be fun to meet you or see you again in some cases! Come support Indie Art & Come support an organization that preaches peace & love and means it! :)
Another “Aww Coool” moment with my Let’s Party pic placing in the Top Ten of The Romance of Wine Chanllenge in the Postcard Style Group /
I guess I should be calling Anhauser-Busch and applying for the job of marketing director because out of sheer coincidence my Bud Light m…
I guess I should be calling Anhauser-Busch and applying for the job of marketing director because out of sheer coincidence my Bud Light mock ad that I uploaded here a few days ago is a remarkably similar one to the official ad that is published in the local magazines. Because this product is so new around here I had not seen any ads on TV or in print for the product. I know it’s easy to say that after the fact, but honestly I had not seen any ads before I created mine. Originally I had the water splash on the bottle, but opted to go with the parched vs quenched appeal because the splash thing seems to be overdone lately. Great minds think alike! LOL. Here is the Official Ad for Bud Lime I found in a magazine today: / Here’s the one I created and uploaded a few days back: / So…do you think I’d get the job??? / Cheers, S.
Tom Waits is a musical god in my life. / His voice, attitude, all of it mesmerises me! As a highly functional addict / (who continues …
Tom Waits is a musical god in my life. / His voice, attitude, all of it mesmerises me! As a highly functional addict / (who continues to drink because I know I’m not as bad as I used to be LOL) / this song contains some of my favourite lines on addiction and heartbreak – which are bolded for your reading pleasure xoxo Bad Liver And A Broken Heart Well I got a bad liver and broken heart, yeah, / I drunk me a river since you tore me apart. / And I don’t have a drinking problem, except when I can’t get a drink. / And I wish you’d a-known her, we were quite a pair, / She was sharp as a razor and soft as a prayer. So welcome to the continuing saga, / She was my better half, and I was just a dog. / And so here am I slumped, I’ve been chipped / And I’ve been chumped on my stool. So buy this fool some spirits and libations, it’s these railroad station bars / And all these conductors and porters, and I’m all out of quarters / And this epitaph is the aftermath, yeah I choose my path, hey, come on, Kath, / He’s a lawyer, he ain’t the one for ya. No, the moon ain’t romantic, it’s intimidating as hell, / And some guy’s trying to sell me a watch / And so I’ll meet you at the bottom of a bottle of bargain Scotch. / I got me a bottle and a dream, it’s so maudlin it seems You can name your poison, go on ahead and make some noise / I ain’t sentimental, this ain’t a purchase, / It’s a rental, and it’s purgatory, / And hey, what’s your story, well I don’t even care / ‘Cause I got my own double-cross to bear. And I’ll see your Red Label, and I’ll raise you one more, / And you can pour me a cab, I just can’t drink no more, / ‘Cause it don’t douse the flames that are started by dames, / It ain’t like asbestos / It don’t do nothing but rest us assured, / And substantiate the rumors that you’ve heard… Cheers big ears! / xox Debbie xox
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