Thank you to everyone that has been looking through my gallery, and a very special thanks to those watching me, and to those that gave one of my pieces a fav! The piece is inspired by many things chiefly the poem Stolen Child by W.B. Yeats, especially this first two stances, the movie Pan's Labyrinth, and the *other world* stories of the centuries pas, into our very present. Even modern science is starting to recognize just how much we don't know about the universe we live in, and today's research in quantum physics is showing this to us, with almost a slap in the face, at our arrogance for trying to push magic out of the world. Some scientists even subscribe to the theory of many dimensions. So whether the other world is a type of quantum folding that leads to another dimensions, a glimpse of heaven, or Shambala it is special place not for the likes of such as us. I believe the other world is a place we can reach only briefly, and touch for a short time only. To stay longer would be risking the lost of self and sanity, our brains just are not equipped to deal with the energies of another plane. Only with physical death can this plane be our next step on the journey of our wheel. A fairy holds out his hand and beckons you forward, and the idea is calling to a piece of your spirit, and tugging at a corner of your heart where the wildness of a child still resides. To be free, unfettered as the fae themselves. I have pictured him in jeans, to represent a more mordern approach to this fae male. After all the fae are reflections of what we bring to them, and today jeans would be more likely than a lion cloth of leaves. Stolen Child (First Two Stances) By William Bulter Yeats "Come away oh human child To the waters and the wild With a fairy hand in hand For the world's more full of weeping Than you can understand Where the wave of moonlight glosses The dim grey sands with light By far off the furthest roses We foot it all the night Weaving olden dances Mingling hands and mingling glances Till the moon has taken flight To and fro we leap And chase the frothy bubbles Whilst the world is full of troubles And is anxious in it's sleep" About My Art: My art is created using digital mixed media with many traditionally painted elements scanned and made into psd’s to be used in my work. The tools I use to create my work are varied and many depending on my mood and needs at the time. Daz Studio 3 Advanced, Carrara Pro 7, Bryce 7, Hexagon, Poser 5, Vue, Adobe Photoshop CSS, Corel Painter, Paint Shop Pro, Apophysis, Chaos Pro, My Nikon, Traditional Watercolors, Colored Pencil, Conte Watercolor Crayons, and my trusty well loved Wacom Tablet. Thanks for looking! Extra Production Credits: Most of the products came from Daz or my own personal texture stash, except for those listed below.