Myth and Legend

Click on the thumbnails below, and see the links above for more themes...

thumbnail of Notes on the Minotaur Notes on the Minotaur
- group of work
thumbnail of The Medusa Pictures The Medusa Pictures
- group of work
thumbnail of The Sphinx changes the Rules The Sphinx changes the Rules
thumbnail of Medusa in Venus' Bedroom Medusa in Venus' Bedroom
thumbnail of Medusa in England Medusa in England
thumbnail of Medusa and Oedipus (the Gorgon's New Man) Medusa and Oedipus (the Gorgon's New Man)
thumbnail of Medusa in Modesty Medusa in Modesty
thumbnail of Dancing with the Minotaur Dancing with the Minotaur
thumbnail of Mrs Minotaur II Mrs Minotaur II
thumbnail of Sirens on the Rocks Sirens on the Rocks
thumbnail of Hephaestus' Trap Hephaestus' Trap
thumbnail of For the Fairest For the Fairest
thumbnail of Mrs Cyclops, Lately Widowed Mrs Cyclops, Lately Widowed
thumbnail of Medusa Veiled Medusa Veiled
thumbnail of Predatory Birds Predatory Birds
thumbnail of Ms Arachne's Residence Ms Arachne's Residence
thumbnail of Sulky Sphinx Sulky Sphinx
thumbnail of Manicured Sphinx Manicured Sphinx
thumbnail of Sunspot Sunspot

In this section I've put some of the more 'traditional' creatures - Medusa is here, several mermaids, and a sphinx or two. But you should expect, as ever, unusual variations on a theme - there are mermaids, yes, but also maidmers, and Medusa at home, as you may never have seen her before.

All images © Nancy Farmer. Please email me if you wish to reproduce any of these images, or see my permissions page in the 'info' section. Paintings & drawings by Nancy Farmer, UK artist - Myth and fact, fairies and monsters, fetish and fantasy, with a little reality thrown in for good measure. And always art with humour.