FAEbruary Day 7 Nymph Nymph is the prompt for today's#brettsfaebruaryartchallenge2025. I imagine this nymph awaiting a knight in her grotto.

FAEbruary Day 6 Gnome The prompt for today's#brettsfaebruaryartchallenge2025 is Gnome. This sweet gnome lady is particularly concerned with taking care of mushrooms & fungi as well as being a skilled & knowledgeable forager. I want to be her when I'm a crone!

FAEbruary Day 5 Member of the Slaugh Day 5 prompt for #brettsfaebruaryartchallenge2025. The Slaugh or 'Faery Host'; a malevolent horde of the restless dead. (1/2)

FAEbruary Day 4 Yew Faerie The fourth prompt for #brettsfaebruaryartchallenge2025. This Yew spirit is a psychopomp; a guide to the Otherworld. In Celtic culture, the Yew tree symbolises death & re-birth & are renowned for their toxic properties. They're found primarily in graveyards.

FAEbruary Day 3 Classic Imp My Imps' name is... Today's prompt for #brettsfaebruaryartchallenge2025 is Classic Imp, which I was really excited for. I love a troublesome, mischievous being & I wanted to play around with a slightly devilish creature who would be a welcome attendant of a witch.

FAEbruary Day 2 Fly Agaric Elf A Fly Agaric creature for #brettsfaebruaryartchallenge2025. The quintessential toadstool of fairy tales & The Fae, the Amanita muscaria. I wanted to attempt to capture the mischievous spirit of this magical mushroom. 🍄

FAEbruary Day 1 Holly King Oh Dark Holly King Give Up Thy Crown My first offering for #brettsfaebruaryartchallenge2025. For this sketch, I was focussing on the idea of the Holly King defeated by the Oak in their cyclical ritual battle.

Faerie Maiden A close -up of some of the smaller details. Inspired by my love of fantasy & mythic Mediaeval films & dreaming of diaphanous gowns, horned hennis & escoffions that I've loved since I was obsessing over fairy tale illustrations in my childhood. Graphite on watercolour paper.

Faerie Maiden Inspired by my love of fantasy & mythic Mediaeval films & dreaming of diaphanous gowns, horned hennis & escoffions that I've loved since I was obsessing over fairy tale illustrations in my childhood. Graphite on watercolour paper.

A couple of close-ups of my Self-portrait. There's a lot of detail that's really difficult to pick up without getting a little closer.

Inspired by my relationship with the land & Faerie as well as my deep fascination with poisonous plants, the occult & a love of the Pre-Raphaelites & medieval tapestries, this self-portrait was begun during a time of upheaval & completed Yule just gone. Graphite on watercolour paper.

Hello, I'm Naomi Eluned, an artist living in the mercurial wilds of Yorkshire in the UK. I grew up fed on stories of faerie, folklore & legends in mythic North Wales & this love & enthrallment continues still, running deep through my bones. (1/2)

Coming Soon from beyond the veil...