Bewitching - Matted to 11 x 14 by Jessica Galbreth. (8 x 10 Print)

. Artist Bio
Jessica Galbreth was born in Toledo, Ohio on April 29th, 1974 and began her love of fantasy art at a very young age. "Even as a little girl, I loved all types of fantasy art. I remember collecting stickers, calendars, books (virtually anything I could get my hands on) that depicted fantasy and mythological artwork. Over the years, I filled countless drawing pads with my own fantasy t that old familiar rush of excitement when I look at a beautiful fantasy painting. It is this incredible exhilaration that keeps me painting my own creations in hopes that I too can evoke these feelings in the hearts and minds of others".

wee folk) is and short, wizened trolls being some of the commonly mentioned fay. The Faerie: from the Latin term for "fate" (fata), faeries (or fairies) are a "host of supernatural beings and spirits who occupy a limbo between earth and heaven" (Guiley). This is in recognition of the skill faeries had in predicting and even controlling human destiny. Faeries could be either good or evil creatures, and at various points in history have been confused with witches and demons Fay or fey is the archaic term for faerie meaning bewitched or enchanted. This word derives; from 'Fays' meaning Fates, and thought to be a broken form of Fatae. 'Fay-erie' was first a state of enchantment or glamour that was, later used for the fays who wielded those powers of illusion. The state of enchantment is fayerie, which became fairy and faerie. Fairies have been attributed many origins, from natural causes to the darkest element. They are the creatures of the wild, primitive and untouched realm of fantaisy that exists beside each society. Fairies have been attributed many origins, from natural causes to the darkest element. They are the creatures of the wild, primitive and untouched realm of fantaisy that exists beside each society. The difference in size ascribed to the race has strangely greatly varied according to time and local customs. At one time the elves, are small enough to creep through keyholes, and a single potato is as much as one of them can carry; at another they resemble mankind, with whom they form alliances, and to whom they hire themselves as servants; while some are even said to be above the size of mortals, giants, in whose lap mortal women are mere infants. The same peculiarity exists in Teutonic belief. At times the elf is a dwarfish being that enters through keyholes and window-slits; at other times a great tall man. In Scandinavia, the Troll may appear in one tale as a Giant greater than two men and in another as a small dwarf..