new work
fairies
demons
mermaids
fairytales
myth & legend
food & drink
fetish
christmas
drinking girls
commissions
magic
gold fairies
medusa
permanent sketches
everything
Djinn Bottle
Gouache, 20 x 27 inches, 2002.
pronounced 'Gin' bottle…
I wanted an image of a friendly-looking – but potentially evil – creature sealed in a bottle - fairy or genie or some such. I suspect, however, that my subconscious raided Terry Pratchett's books for the title of this one, who – if I recall correctly – has a genie build a palace all in one night, and it is ever after known as the 'Djinn Palace'…
Genie in a bottle - painting by Nancy Farmer.