Still Waiting For The Fairies

“STILL WAITING FOR THE FAIRIES” by TERESA FRANKS

SELF-PORTRAIT - 2017 - 2026

My childhood memories are filled with happy times in the forest in western New South Wales with my artist grandparents searching for fairies and fairy rings (mushrooms in a circle where the fairies dance at night). We would spend hours just walking around and searching in nature.

“Still Waiting For The Fairies” is a self-portrait depicting me sitting under one of the mushrooms, pencil and sketch pad in hand, waiting to capture a glimpse of my elusive fairies dancing. A fairy sits secretly on a mushroom behind me – waiting to fly away should I look her way.

The artwork began as ink airbrushed onto the canvas but I wanted to give a dream-like quality to this piece by enhancing it with acrylic and then creating a background indicative of the old masters to evoke a feeling of whimsy and magick.

Details: 120cm high x 100cm wide

Original painting – Comes with Certificate of Authenticity

Acrylic paints and Ink Airbrushed on Canvas

Unframed but ready to hang