Elegast

Original Artwork by Chris Thomas

Measures 11" x 6" x 4"

Elegast is the King of the Elves and dwells in the forest.  He draws his name from an early Dutch poem.  He is a noble hero as well as a thief and, we might guess, a mischief maker.

We recently moved from the middle of town to the land of my husband’s childhood.  Our home is surrounded by beautiful woods - green, vibrant and filled with life.  About a hundred feet from our back door is a game cam strapped to a tree.  At midnight in the woods, it captures ghostly figures of deer and coyotes, bunnies and skunks, armadillos and those who would chase them.

As I sit on our back porch, watching as dusk gathers and darkness descends, I listen to these new to me voices of nature.  Was that a coyote or a cicada?  Or perhaps a fairy… 

Outside my studio window is a stately white oak estimated to be 400 years old. I imagine the woodland folk who have gathered at midnight to dance at its roots since the time of Shakespeare, and the magic and mischief they must create.

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