The Green Faerie

“Ah! the Green Goddess! What is the fascination that makes her so adorable and so terrible?”—Aleister Crowley

Mr. Crowley said it best.

First off, Happy October!

Earlier this year I purchased a bottle of Absinthe for my sister for her birthday, something we've been interested in trying for some time now. Many paintings/renditions reflect the Green Faerie as a beautiful nude fairy woman... an image I've always found very classic and iconic, I've always wanted to paint. After trying Absinthe, I thought of a new icon for the mysterios liquor which better represents our collective experience with it. . . Not adverse to trying it again, just this disorientating fellow seems to represent the experience better that a beautiful fairy would, appropriately speaking. So I thought I'd do a little further with the idea in this painting, since I've had the mind to do it for almost a year. Since we are now in the wonderful month of October, what with the Oktoberfests and Halloween and all, I decided to combine our jolly Faerie friend with design for an advertisment for the WoodWorm Brand® Bottling Company. . . in any case, I'm quite pleased with how this turned out, I do find him adorable and terrible at once... I selected only half the image for the preview, so if you would....

PLEASE FULL VIEW!

Hope you enjoy viewing it as much as I had painting it... the Absinthe experience without the hangover!
And Have a Happy Halloween!