Keegan

It is often very difficult to capture a child’s true personality in portraiture, especially when they are too young

A good solution to this problem is to use one of the child’s favorite toy or an item of clothing.

50 x 70 cm

Oil on canvas

Curiosity

A 100 x 150 cm, oil on canvas.... This is the one painting that actually launched my career into a new world, feet first.

Not only were the art critics fascinated by the panoramic view of Port Elizabeth from Blue Water Bay, but also the concept of the little boy, lifting the skin of the sea

Portrait of Natalie

 38 x 28 cm * Oil on canvas

A kiss from the forest fairy for Kimberley, age 8.

70 x 50 cm * Oil on canvas

Fairies  by Micha F. Lindemans  The original fairies, or faeries, bestowed gifts upon newborn children, such as beauty, wealth and kindness. In the subsequent centuries they continued this original function, but expanded their activities into other types of meddling in human affairs.

Fairies can only be seen clearly by animals and seldom by humans, although if one is fortunate enough, one might catch a fleeting glimpse. There are a few exceptions however. The first is when fairies use their power (known as 'glamour') to enable a human to see them. Also, during a full moon on Midsummer Eve a mortal witness fairy dances or celebrations. And finally, by looking through a self-bored stone (a stone in which a hole has been made by tumbling in the waters of a brook; not found on a beach) one can see fairies distinctly.

The rulers of the race of fairies are Queen Titania and her consort Prince Oberon, their court being in the vicinity of Stratford-on-Avon. Other synonyms and euphemisms for fairies are: the Little People, the Green Men, the Good Folk and the Lordly Ones.

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Tonkinson 2008 Collection

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