Blog post alert: I’ve just finished my annual rereading of Greer Gilman’s Moonwise. The interior of Malycorne’s cot in all its iterations in the novel is pure enchantment, my favorite witch’s hut in literature. But isn’t this one dandy? It makes me want to invent a witch’s house of my own and the story to go with it! All the illustrations by Spanish artist Iban Barrentxea that I’ve seen are delightful. Some illustrate well-known works; others seem to be his own original stories. My advice: explore, starting with the November 27, 2017 post at Charley Parker’s Lines and Colors.
Picturing a World
Witches’ interiors
November 29, 2017
Tags:
crones and witches, illustration
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Dec 01, 2017 6:55 AM EST
This is so cute! I love the eyeballs from the different moons on the wall looking toward the bird. One of the faces seems so cynical as if it's saying, here we go again with this bird giving information to the witch. What's it about now? All of these beings feel ancient and knowing. Very classic witch drawing and all her familiars doing her bidding.
- Patricia Franzino
Dec 01, 2017 7:57 AM EST
I'm so glad you like it! I hadn't noticed how even the moon on the left is looking at the magpie, too. I LOVE your "here we go again" interpretation. What is it all about, indeed? And what are the wolf and the penguin thinking? Did she leave a stocking on the line again? Are these magic socks at the beginning of a trip on a broomstick? So much fun.
- Katherine Keenum