English folklore art

Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) English, Golden Age Illustrator. Irish Fairy Tales by James Stephens (1920) Illustrated by Arthur Rackham archive.org/stream/irishfairytales01step#page/n11/mode/2up

The Green Man of Bankside at Hastings May Day in East Sussex | photograph by Joe Charrington | British Folklore

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Brownies are house spirits which can be roughly classified as fairies. A typical brownie has the role of a helper but his view on house chores is pretty specific. Traditionally he works for the owners of the house by night, do what he (it looks male gender is in majority among brownies) is in the mood for (not as the master of the house might prefer) and is not always nice.

The Lady of the Lake. From “The Legends of King Arthur ...” (1912) illustrated by Lancelot Speed

Since February my working days have been pretty much filled with the Myths Map/Telling Tales project commissioned by English Heritage. My brief was to conceive and create artwork for an interactive…