Introduction

This is where you will find one or two pictures of me (if your monitor screen doesn't explode when trying to display them), one or two pictures connected to where I live, and one or two pictures of people in my life that do not adequately fit into the other sections.

19th Century Art

Here you will find a small sample of artworks from my (now enormous) 19th century art collection. This collection principally comprises Pre-Raphaelite and Victorian Neoclassical art, along with one or two works from other artists who shared the time period and, in some cases, many of their aspirations with the Pre-Raphaelites or the Neoclassicists. Among the transcendently gifted individuals whose works are featured here are Rossetti, Waterhouse, John William Godward (for whom I now have a special soft spot) and Bouguereau.

Sadly, there is insufficient space to include all of my art collection on the server, as this now comprises over 3,000 paintings! Such is life (sigh). Meanwhile, feast your eyes upon the glories of an age when beauty, allied to scholarship, was considered worth striving for ... and should a certain Damien Hirst pass this way, then hang your head in shame, you fraudster and charlatan ...

Charles Faris

This section is devoted to the art of Charles Faris, whom I discovered accidentally when searching the web for art of a slightly different kind. One of those serendipitous happenstances that add to the joys of life - Charles and I have been corresponding now since 1998, and his art has inspired me to write children's stories. Upon sending some of them to him, he was so delighted that he produced artworks to accompany them! This project has now assumed a life of its own, and the full set of childrens' stories inspired by Charles' faerie art has now grown to nearly 700,000 words in 32 books ... I am still, sadly, seeking a publisher for them, as persuading publishers to look away from Harry Potter and product placement for more than five nanoseconds is proving a bigger challenge than I thought (sigh).

Meanwhile, take a look at this small selection of Charles' art, and if you share my passion for his work, visit his own website via the links further down this page - his oeuvre now encompasses over 120 artworks!

My Own Art

After I acquired a computer capable of running the dreaded Windows 98, and more importantly, Adobe PhotoShop, Charles Faris gave me some tuition on how to use this wonderful art package, and thus, allowed me to make my own foray into the world of faerie art, partly of course to produce more illustrations for my children's stories. This is a small selection from a body of work that in the space of a year, has now grown to 130 artworks, all produced at the same time as adding to the collection of stories. What a busy bee am I ...

Go here and take a look at my own vision of the faerie world, much of it of course inspired by Charles Faris - tread softly, now!

Pets

This is a section devoted to my pets, or, more correctly, a collection of creatures past and present that have shared my life, along with one or two that I wish I could afford to have share my life! Visit this section to see multi-coloured tropical fish, and a computer literate budgerigar ... !

Photographs

This section contains a small selection of the photographs I have taken to accompany my entomological recording activities, and thus, the principal subjects featured here are butterflies and wild flowers. Again, only a small sample of photographs can be displayed here, as the grand total is in excess of 3,500!

Go here to see the natural wonders that can be found, if one knows where to look, in surprising places - who would suspect a grimy northern industrial town to be home to orchids?

Special Treasures

This is the section that contains that which is especially dear to me. Come here to see my adorable niece Carol (who has been recast dozens of times in my own artwork as a faerie princess!), a painting with special resonances for me, and an assortment of other delights that inspire me.

Charles Faris - The Man,

The Music, The Art

Go here to see the website of Charles Faris, musician, faerie artist and much, much more ... listen to his own compositions, buy copies of his albums, and gaze in awe and wonder at the visions of faerie loveliness that he has brought forth over the past four years or so ...

Reflections On The Bay

Go here and visit Reflections On The Bay, a tranquil haven of birdsong and still waters where the jaded soul can unwind and shake off the cares and troubles of everyday existence ... let Lynne McMullan wave her own magic wand about you as you stay beside Lake Ontario, and who knows, you might even meet a Pickle Pixie or two while you are staying there! Tread softly now, because Lynne has a full set of Charles Faris wings of her own!

The Brunching Shuttlecocks

Go here and visit the world of Lore Fitzgerald Sjöberg, whose surreal comedy now has a large body of devoted fans all over the world. Where else can you go to have Alanis Morrissette write you your own song? Or find out the real behind the scenes story of the legal battle between Microsoft and the Department of Justice?

Note : Brunching Shuttlecocks Logo Copyright © 1998-2002 Lore Fitgerald Sjöberg

Brunchma

The surreal world of the Brunchma bulletin board, the home of the fans of Lore Fitzgerald Sjöberg, awaits you here. What other bulletin board has a resident Potato God? Or a resident spangly pixie? Or, for that matter, a Great Steak? Go here and meet such sterling individuals as Mister Happypants, Machiavelli, Jessica Rabbit, The Squirrel Mob, Dead Badger, Mightymaus, Fnordia and many, many others, who will turn your world inside out and decorate it liberally with crème brulée ...

Note : Brunchma Logo Copyright © 1998-2002 Brunchma.com And Its Administrators

Vanessa Banuelos

Charles Faris has recently created a message board for Vanessa Banuelos, his favourite model and Muse ... so now, faerie lovers all over the world can send messages to her. Be courteous now, for she is a faerie princess! Find out what it is like being a Muse, and discover if she is about to acquire even more spangly wings to add to her already huge collection ...

Carol Gerten Fine Arts

Go here to see the truly enormous collection of fine art lovingly maintained on the web by Carol Gerten, which at the last count numbered some fifty thousand pictures ... a comprehensive collection covering everything from the Classical world, through 12th century Japan, through the Renaissance, to the present. And the list is growing daily ...

The John William Waterhouse

Art Collection

Go here to view the most comprehensive collection of paintings by John William Waterhouse available on the web ... a truly sumptuous array of works by the most gifted artistic genius of his day, whose works will stand the test of time as transcendent jewels of romantic visual poetry ...

FishProfiles.com - For All

Aquarists

Go here to visit the FishProfiles portal, which is the resource for all aquarists, be they freshwater or marine fishkeepers, coldwater or tropical, or keepers of aquatic invertebrates. Species profiles (300+ at the last count in October 2003) are regularly updated, and there is a bulletin board that aquarists can join, to find out from others how to keep sought after fish or invertebrate species, or to share their own fishkeeping experiences, including maintenance and captive breeding successes. Go read my HUGE collection of Panda Catfish posts on this Board! (smile) Oh, and meet a brace of experts, including our resident marine biologist, Shinigami, Oleta and the gang in the Marine section, Cory_Di, Roona, Dark Realm Overlord, Koi Keeper, Garyroland, Bruce Moomaw (Characin specialist), Angiewny, Madattiver, Toirtis ... these are just the names I can remember off the top of my head, if I've left out any of my regular correspondents, don't fret, I'll introduce you too! Oh, and of course, there's Adam, the Board Administrator, who keeps the whole portal going. Come and join the gang, the best informed AND the friendliest aquarist haven on the Internet! Oh, you'll find me under my board nickname of "Calilasseia", by the way ...

FishProfiles Logo Copyright © 2003 Adam Lundie - FishProfiles.com Administrator

Greg Lasley Wildlife Photography

Greg Lasley is a wildlife photographer whose subject matter covers a vast range, far too diverse for me to summarise here, but one wildlife subject of his was of particular interest to me, namely hummingbirds, which I wished to use in my art. Greg kindly granted permission for me to use some of his hummingbird photographs in my faerie art, and so, the very least I could do was add a link to his wildlife photography site on my pages, and urge people to see his work first hand! And so, here is the link (click upon the usual pretty button at the side, which incidentally features two of Greg's hummingbirds). Oh, and when I last contacted him (which was admittedly some time ago), Greg was embarking upon a six-month Antarctic expedition, so perhaps his site now features some Emperor Penguin footage too - however, as these birds have an unusual breeding strategy, namely producing their young in the midst of the Antarctic winter, with temperatures plummeting to -80°C at times, captuing any photographs of these birds breeding involves enormous hardship on the part of the photographer. Greg would doubtless nod approvingly at the comment that at least the photographer gets to retire to a warm shelter afterwards, while the penguins have to stand out in the open for over six weeks, huddling together for warmth amid 100 mph winds and temperatures cold enough to make mild steel turn as brittle as glass ... meanwhile, you can view Greg's handiwork from around the world by clicking on the button to the left, which I made especially for him. Greg, if you pass this way, and I haven't already mailed a copy of the image file to you, feel free to copy the button image for your own use.