Ingrid's World

A mother hawthorn dryad gently cradles her baby. The original is painted in acrylic on panel.

Solstice Boar Hunt

A phoenix feeds a woman the sun, filling her with joy.

Frostlings are only visiblle when the temperature is below freezing, and disppear into the clouds when it's warm. Image for the table of contents page, January 2017 Cricket magazine

This is the personification of the breath that sustains us, speaks, sings and sighs. We all share it.

Illustration from "Barney Brown and the Christmas Cake"from the anthology "A Christmas Menagerie" by Christmas Press of Australia. https://christmaspresspicturebooks.com/books/

A soldier of fortune remembers the people he has lost, and the ones he could not save. They look down on him, some with resentment, sadness, or regret, others with compassion and concern.

The animals of the Slovenian forest carry bela kača, Queen of the Serpents, on a procession.

Two reindeer-centaurs enjoy some winter fun on skis. A wind spirit helps a third reindeer centaur get some extra lift on a ski jump .his was the January 2021 cover of Cricket Magazine.

Rasa's library is larger of the inside than the outside. Knowledge, the joy of reading and learning, beautiful images and rare objects line the walls. Here are some links and info about the faces on the carvings. I alternated men and women, including people who would have contributed to the library in some way. There are some tragic and strange aspects to some of their lives. I apologize for using Wiki as my source, but I wanted the links to be more uniform in scope. From Left to right: Mary Anning was an amateur paleontologist who worked in the UK, gathering fossils from the cliffs near her home. She made many remarkable discoveries, but as a working class woman, was not given scientific credit for them, and had to sell the fossi...

The frost on a window becomes a flight of fancy on a cold winter day. Image from the January, 2017 cover of Cricket Magazine

Cover of Cricket Magazine

This quick sketch in colored pencil and marker was a cross between the #mermay and #junicorn drawing challenges

The Ptarmigan's Bride a quiet moment in the depths of winter

Odin is watching you. He sees all and knows all. You cannot hide.