Polymer/paper clay, & acrylics on wooden base
Matte & gloss varnish
11" tall x 9" wide x 8.5" depth
Created for The Temple of Lost Love Exhibition at Doubting Thomas Gallery.
From the artist:
Stories of the old ones, the fae have always fascinated me, some faeries can be among nightmares and secrets that you don't want to meet. Between stories from my great aunt in the mountains at fireside or venturing the great wild wonderland surrounding her home with her, and of course, the stories and illustrations of an artist that inspired me growing up, Brian Froud. I quickly learned that the fae were to be respected.
I've always have been drawn to water, with high respect to the depth and secrets water carries.
Perhaps there is a little more to feeling most at home by a fresh great lake in Cleveland or in Brooklyn, NY, with it's island border along the narrows, bay, and Atlantic.
This is a malevolent fae, as the stories may warn against the horse you don't know, the kelpie. Horses symbolize love, while kelpies are perhaps the hungry anti-love. They capture their victims off guard and drown them in the deepest darkest depths, and then gobble them up, heart and all, well, sparing their liver.