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Hello, all!  Just dropping by to introduce myself and share a couple pieces of my recent artwork ( Read more... )

They've updated the webpage http://www.oneillfaeries.org at last!! More information and times and prices . Plus a whole new look for the page!


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What are YOUR plans for it?

Me I'm meeting up with some other Fae friends in Oklahoma City and we're hitting the Science museum on Saturday and the Zoo on Sunday. We'll be 'urban fae" in jeans and our wings! It's gonna be so much fun!

There will be photos!

In a month I will be doing a presentation on the history of the Fae from medieval to modern times. And while I have plenty of resources and links, more is always nice. Do you have a favorite page about the fae realm *not just fairies but all aspects of the Fae* you'd care to share? I'd appreciate anything! Thank you

The Japanese Kami are very much like the original ideas of European fairies. Indeed the two sets of beings likely come from the same traditions. At one time the Altaic peoples (of which the Japanese are a part) and the Indo-European peoples (which make up most of the peoples of Europe, including the Celts) were a single people and much of their ( Read more... )

I was reading someones post in the faerie tales group about how the trees help a form of fairy in England and I came to realize how consistent this idea was throughout Europe. Water fairies such as the nymphs of Greece or the Vila of Slavic lands and the Rusalka of Russia lived where groves of trees grew by rivers. There's a strong relationship ( Read more... )

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I noticed a number of art posts so I'm hopeful that its OK to post there here to see what feedback I get. These are pieces of concept art based on my research into fairies.


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And lastly, for today, some of my actual art-work...namely, Masks.:
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