Sullen fairies, belligerent demons and other curious monsters - dark, whimsical contemporary art, all with a satirical edge and a twist of humour – Nancy Farmer’s paintings could be mistaken for fantasy art – but this is not quite accurate, rather, she holds a murky and distorted mirror up to ordinary life.
Her characters resonate with modern-day decadences - the fairies are delinquent; the devils bored, half-heartedly persecuting the Dammed merely because it is their job to do so; the guardian angel is fat and indolent, her rose-tinted spectacles shielding any wrong-doing from her 'watchful' eyes. A sad, lost gentleman is found in a bar full of curious demons, but refuses to leave and admit he’s in the wrong place, while the smartly dressed devil is equally on edge in a rather tacky wine bar full of ‘ordinary’ people. Here are monsters and demons, certainly, but here are also our colleagues, friends and relations, and it is often uncertain quite which is which.
Nancy's paintings are in gouache - a medium similar to watercolour. She also uses pencil, occasionally precious metal leaf, and has recently begun to explore the possibilities of etching in her work.
Nancy Farmer
Contact details:
- Email: mail@nancyfarmer.net
- Telephone: 01458 211125
- Website: www.nancyfarmer.net
"The Guilty Party" (detail)
"Three Masked Girls"
"Five Aces"
