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Vikki North

August 28th, 2010 · 10 Comments

Vikki North

Name: Vikki North
Location: USA
Title: ‘The Lúchorpáin’
Price of Original: $400
Size: 12″x16″
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Panel
Artist web site:
http://www.theredchairgallery.com/
http://redchair-vikkisblog.blogspot.com/
http://artgiftsunder99dollars.blogspot.com/

From Vikki:
They are known by many names: fairy, pigmy, sprite and the far darrig . The most common calling is the Little People and Leprechaun. Folklore about ‘Lúchorpáin’ goes back to the Druids and a time when Ireland began. But what I am about to tell you is the truth … To read the rest of this story please visit MY BLOG.

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10 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Vikki // Aug 28, 2010 at 9:14 pm

    I’ve got to get the blog up. lol That always helps when your reference it huh? I’ll do that right now.

  • 2 Ray Shuell // Aug 29, 2010 at 2:22 am

    I shall be off to your blog as soon as I’ve had another morning coffee. This is a lovely picture, right up my street (I mean alley) Gorgeous! Beautifully rendered as always. She looks so peaceful, not sure I’d like to be around when she awakes, though.

  • 3 Vikki // Aug 29, 2010 at 11:23 am

    Thanks Ray- All of the watercolorists on the site are affecting the way I deal with acrylics and oils. Can you tell? lol I’m getting more fluid.

  • 4 Ray Shuell // Aug 29, 2010 at 1:45 pm

    I think fluid is an understatement. What I see is such magnificent control of the tools and materials, each texture and tone considered and applied just as you want them to be. Truly a master of your art. Each time I look at this it just gets better and better. You set the standard for us all.

  • 5 Vikki // Aug 29, 2010 at 1:57 pm

    Thanks Ray. Now if I can only get adescent jpg of it. I was snapping this and adding into the gallery literally minutes before I needed to publish. It looks a bit soft…and just the sort of thing that drives me crazy.

  • 6 Rusty // Aug 29, 2010 at 4:40 pm

    okay, my first thoughts go to african violets, which I love.

    I love her lovely leggins. How amazing that you thought to create her wearing them (especially the band on the calf of her leg)

    I will read go to read the truth….

  • 7 Vikki // Aug 29, 2010 at 4:48 pm

    Thanks Rusty. She was a bit of an afterthought for this theme but I enjoyed painting her immensily.

  • 8 cheryl // Aug 31, 2010 at 5:33 pm

    She’s absolutely gorgeous Vikki ! A wee sprite one would hope to discover asleep in the garden. Her flowing dress, even the crinkles in her knees, wow ! How do you do it.

  • 9 Vikki // Aug 31, 2010 at 5:53 pm

    Thanks Cheryl. How I do it? I pose in all sort of crazy ways and see what happens. I had my stretchy pants on that day…and wa-la ‘me little sprite’ had leggings.

    I actually just got a comment on my blog from a lady who believes ‘the little people’ to be real. Apparently that’s not uncommon especially in Ireland.

  • 10 Sarah // Sep 5, 2010 at 12:16 am

    Vikki, a subject I love! I like the perspective and the purple…off to read your story…

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