Little Miss Muffet
Sat on a tuffet,
Eating her curds and whey;
Along came a spider,
Who sat down beside her
And frightened Miss Muffet away.
Well there is a story to this one. Why is Miss Muffet dressed as a Geisha Girl? Why is she sitting on a mushroom and not a 'tuffet'? What is Reginald doing in the background? What's that gluggy stuff she is eating?
Illustration from: "The Memoirs of Sir Reginald Farquar, Bounder and Scoundrel" Chapter VII, pages 561-564: (Houghton and Gough 1978; copyright, 1978 Sir Reginald Farquar)
Well there is a story to this one. Why is Miss Muffet dressed as a Geisha Girl? Why is she sitting on a mushroom and not a 'tuffet'? What is Reginald doing in the background? What's that gluggy stuff she is eating?
Illustration from: "The Memoirs of Sir Reginald Farquar, Bounder and Scoundrel" Chapter VII, pages 561-564: (Houghton and Gough 1978; copyright, 1978 Sir Reginald Farquar)
She certainly looks frighthened. Nice work Andrew, I did wonder about the Geisha thing, I think I like the spider like hair style.
ReplyDeleteThanks for that. I wrote a story to go with it from the little boy's viewpoint, but it needs a big rework! A friend emailed me and asked me why the whey wasn't whey slopping from the dish - I told him it was gluggy whey but I'm not sure if he believed me...
ReplyDeleteAll good questions with lots of possibilities for answers--therefore, an excellent story starter!
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining my blog and leaving a comment, Andrew.
Pleasure Elizabeth, I am enjoying your work immensely.!
ReplyDeleteWow, amazing, how do you do this? It's how I imagine the new Alice in Wonderland film by Tim Burton will be. You have great talent.
ReplyDeleteAndrew, as I've said before, your illustrations are simply STUNNING! Jewels for the eyes of any viewer. Thank you for browsing my site and the kind compliments you left me.
ReplyDeleteI think Nicky nailed it - Andrew Finnie meets Tim Burton! Beautiful details as always, and love that hair!
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ReplyDeleteAndrew, you are AMAZING! The details on your illustrations are stunning.
I'm scared for her - fabulous!
ReplyDeleteI am totally in awe of your whimsically, magnificent and fabulous work! WOW, WOW, WOOOOOOOOOOW!!! This is fabulous Andrew!!
ReplyDeleteWow thanks everyone! I appreciate your comments very much. Sorry to be so late in replying, we just a painting show and have been running around like chooks without legs (or heads!) Review came out today in the paper and I'll post it up.... cheers
ReplyDeleteGreat picture and definitely one that is in search of a story. Hope you write it soon.
ReplyDeleteThanks for leaving a comment on my blog also.
Great work! I'm eager to see more and hear more about the projects you're working on.
ReplyDeleteHya Lucretia, I see you're brilliant water colours haven't lost their luster! What's an illustration without a story.... hmm, sometimes the story is in the illustration?
ReplyDeleteDaniel
Thanks for your kind comment. I'm amazed by the work on your blog and site - especially the graphite work. A lesson in each work as I like to say, but the beauty is that the observer doesn't know that they are learning!
That's wonderful your 'Twixt Earth and Air'
http://powers-studio.blogspot.com/2010/02/twixt-earth-and-air.html
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