WILDE: Life & Fantasy
2022

A glorious collection of 19 paintings inspired by Oscar Wilde's most fantastical stories & tumultuous life.
Medium: Watercolour, ink & Caran d’Ache Crayon On Arches Watercolour Paper

All paintings are framed and under glass 

Oscar Wilde - Fantasy…

Child's Play 63 x 80 cm framed He was a very selfish giant who would not allow the children to play in his lovely large garden

Child's Play 63 x 80 cm framed He was a very selfish giant who would not allow the children to play in his lovely large garden

Mystery Child 63 x 80cm framed Winter stayed too long. A little boy magically appeared

Mystery Child 63 x 80cm framed Winter stayed too long. A little boy magically appeared

Eternal Child 63 x 80 cm framed The boy became the giant's first little friend.

Eternal Child 63 x 80 cm framed The boy became the giant's first little friend.

Invitation To Heaven 1 THE SELFISH GIANT 97cm x 80cm Framed “'Who art thou?' said the giant. And a strange awe fell on him.” The boy said 'You let me play in your garden, you shall now come with me to my garden – Paradise'”

Invitation To Heaven 1 THE SELFISH GIANT 97cm x 80cm Framed “'Who art thou?' said the giant. And a strange awe fell on him.” The boy said 'You let me play in your garden, you shall now come with me to my garden – Paradise'”

Joy - THE SELFISH GIANT 97cm x 80cm Framed With the giant and the boy's friendship came the spring “It is your garden now little children.”

Joy - THE SELFISH GIANT 97cm x 80cm Framed With the giant and the boy's friendship came the spring “It is your garden now little children.”

Love Child - THE SELFISH GIANT - SOLD 80 x 63cm framed The little boy loved the giant and the giant loved him the best of all the children.

Love Child - THE SELFISH GIANT - SOLD 80 x 63cm framed The little boy loved the giant and the giant loved him the best of all the children.

To Be King - The Young King 97cm x 80cm Framed Entrapped by the splendour and beauty of coronation preparation contrasted with the suffering of the poor and overworked weavers. “The strong make slaves of the weak”

To Be King - The Young King 97cm x 80cm Framed Entrapped by the splendour and beauty of coronation preparation contrasted with the suffering of the poor and overworked weavers. “The strong make slaves of the weak”

The Gift, THE HAPPY PRINCE 97cm x 80cm Framed The Little Swallow delivers The Ruby Dust from the Prince which brings happiness and relief to the sick boy and his mother.

The Gift, THE HAPPY PRINCE 97cm x 80cm Framed The Little Swallow delivers The Ruby Dust from the Prince which brings happiness and relief to the sick boy and his mother.

A Wild Child - The Young King 97cm x 80cm Framed “A young dreamer of dreams.” Free and at one with the natural world. Now he is to be King.

A Wild Child - The Young King 97cm x 80cm Framed “A young dreamer of dreams.” Free and at one with the natural world. Now he is to be King.

The Little MatchGirl
HER FATHER & HIS MATES
THE HAPPY PRINCE
80 x 63 cm framed

At The Prince’s absolute command The Little Swallow reluctantly gives The Statue’s other Sapphire Eye to the poor Little Matchgirl.

THE ARTIST and THE MUSE Doubt and inspiration.
THE HAPPY PRINCE
80 x 63 cm framed

The Little Swallow stayed one more night to give The Prince’s precious Sapphire Eye to help the struggling artist

Gold To The Poor
THE HAPPY PRINCE

“We have bread now” 97cm x 80cm Framed The Prince says to The Little Swallow, “I am covered in fine gold. You must take it off, leaf by leaf, and give it to my poor. The living always think that gold can make them happy. ”

Invitation to Heaven 3
97 x 78 cm framed
The eternal quest for love and beauty

The Palace of Childhood - SOLD

THE HAPPY PRINCE
80 x 97 cm framed
The Prince: “Everything was so beautiful. If pleasure be happiness I never cared to ask what lay beyond it.”

Oscar Wilde - A Life…

Tea Party - SOLD 97 x 78 cm framed Wilde was a regular visitor at the all-male London tea parties – “A secret bower of cut- price aestheticism.”

Tea Party - SOLD 97 x 78 cm framed Wilde was a regular visitor at the all-male London tea parties – “A secret bower of cut- price aestheticism.”

Imagining Earnest - SOLD 97 x78 cm framed Work: The Importance of Being Earnest and play. A double life.

Imagining Earnest - SOLD 97 x78 cm framed Work: The Importance of Being Earnest and play. A double life.

Invitation to Heaven 2 The Ballad of Reading Gaol 97 x 78 cm framed The noose awaits. White faces of fear. The crooked shape of terror crouched in the corners

Invitation to Heaven 2 The Ballad of Reading Gaol 97 x 78 cm framed The noose awaits. White faces of fear. The crooked shape of terror crouched in the corners

Rowdy Night on Rascally St Naples - SOLD 80 x 63cm After-dark indulgences. Found in the shadow of Naples’ under- world “The sting and desire for pleasure.”

Rowdy Night on Rascally St Naples - SOLD 80 x 63cm After-dark indulgences. Found in the shadow of Naples’ under- world “The sting and desire for pleasure.”

Rascally St Naples - SOLD 97 x 78 cm framed Clothed only in sunshine and beauty”. A pageant of pleasure erased the pain of prison

Rascally St Naples - SOLD 97 x 78 cm framed Clothed only in sunshine and beauty”. A pageant of pleasure erased the pain of prison

Somewhere Over The Rainbow Pride Amplified Group Exhibition 97 x 78cm framed

Somewhere Over The Rainbow Pride Amplified Group Exhibition 97 x 78cm framed