Sharon Hurst UK artist in watercolor and mixed media, well known for her lectures and workshops that have helped and encouraged creative talent , talks tips with Fairy artist Myrea Pettit at the Three Wishes Faery Festival to celebrate the 2009 Midsummer Solstice in magical Celtic Cornwall. “There is no better connection to ”Fairy’ than to be among them at the time and place where for centuries legends of Albion and the little people have inspired generations with their appearances, tricks pranks, and kindnesses too. This is the only way to know how to understand what a fairy is all about, who they are, to feel, see and create their images so that others can believe they really exist and can believe in them and the beauty of nature.”
Sharon Hurst, ‘Willowmead’ Steep Marsh, Petersfield, Hampshire, GU32 2BL
01730 892662 – sharon.hurst@talk21.com – www.willowmead.org.uk
Where would we be without our loyal fae fans! Big thank you to Ariana who has just sent me this message -
“Just thought you might be interested to know that the Royal Mail are issuing a wonderful set of stamps next week, Mythical Creatures, which features fairies, pixies, dragons, unicorns, giants and mermaids. It’s available from 16 June and you can see pics here or with great explanations here.
This exclusive and very collectable calendar showing the art of the world’s foremost Faery contemporary artists was such a success for 2009 that it sold out early.To save disappointment we present now the opportunity to purchase early your calendar requirements for 2010. Below is a preview of the calendar, all copyright references shown are not printed on the actual individual calendar pictures and therefore make very this publication very collectible with its pictures for framing later.
Juri Iida famous for her Oriental and mystical Fairies has just made a short visit to the United Kingdom to fulfil her artistic and creative desire and to begin to understand first hand the Celtic and Faerie folklore traditions that this country is steeped in.
Taking in Edinburgh, the Lake District for Beatrix Potter she then worked to and fro along St Michaels Ley line that stretches from Penzance across England to the East Coast.
It was in the beautiful village of Broadway in the Cotswolds, in the old hostlery now a famed hotel called the Lygon Arms that Juri met up with fairy artist Myrea Pettit and author David Riche. They were able to show her the historic rooms in the building where Oliver Cromwell stayed the night before the battle of Worcester 1651 and also the room that King Charles the first stayed. Its connection is with the English Civil War, for which the two main characters Oliver Cromwell and King Charles I it is most historically famous, such is the wonderment of centuries of English history for her to add to the stories of her travels.
Myrea Pettit champions environmental and conservation issues, her Last Dodo’s Ball painting has the same warning to the assembled company as voiced by Prince Charles who is now using the power of the internet to “inform and challenge” people’s thinking to tackle the world’s environmental problems.
The heir to the throne said that, ultimately, the battle against climate change could only be won by every person on the planet making environmentally-conscious choices.
The Prince of Wales is also planning to stage an open-air green extravaganza, it was revealed. Charles, who has warned that climate change is the greatest challenge facing man, is hoping to host the environmental event in 2010.
It is designed to rival Prince Albert’s Great Exhibition of 1851, London’s Evening Standard newspaper reported.
Hyde Park – where Charles’s great-great-great grandfather’s exhibition was held – is a possible venue
Norway wins the Eurovision Song Contest held in Moscow. Singer and violinist Alexander Rybak smashed the record for the most points awarded during the competition for the song ‘Fairytale’. Iceland came second, followed by Azerbaijan in third place. The UK’s entry Jade Ewen, singing a song composed by Lord Lloyd Webber came fifth.
The Fairy tale of Lyuba the baby ‘Mammoth frozen in time’ See how the tooth fairies unravel the mystery of baby Lyuba. This not to be missed program 9th May at 12PM National Geographic Channel.
Fairies have been urging the Virgin for some time now to serve a cocktail made famous by Artists which includes Absinthe a liqueur which was banned in the USA until 2007.
Fly with the Fairies drink absinthe on board Virgin America .
The Rites of Spring, the rebirth of natures cycle of life, are celebrated at the end of April and the beginning of May with Floraila festivals of dancing and drinking and in many countries children dancing around the Maypole.
The Roman figurehead was the Goddess Flora always bedecked with flowers her name in modern English is representative of plants and flowers. Here she is pictured in the 1898 Floral Calendar of Fairbanks the original manufacturers of Fairy Soap
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