These Words, print from original watercolour illustration by Rima Staines.
The first issue of Les Bonnes Fees is coming along nicely; here, as promised, is a little more about our cover artist.
Based in the UK, Rima Staines is an artist who works with wood and paper, and her artwork clearly expresses a diverse range of interests and influences–including, of course, folklore and fairy tales.
Telling Stories to a Tree, print from original watercolour illustration by Rima Staines.
As she says of herself, Rima’s “curiosity leads her through the many worlds of words, languages and lettering, books and stories, puppetry, nature and interesting people, music, superstitions, folklore and fairytales, and most of all the otherness that can be found on the periphery of our lives, the strange and grotesque, the absurd and unnerving … that topsy turvy in between place where things are not quite what they seem…”
A Button House for a Button Mouse, print from original pencil drawing by Rima Staines, digitally merged onto an old cracked background.
Rima is working on an original piece for the Les Bonnes Fees cover; prints will be available through her Etsy store.You can also visit her at The Hermitage and her blog, Into The Hermitage.
These are beautiful! And the pictures are rich without the bright colors and airbrushed look of digital illustrations… fantastic find!