Flower Fairies - Cicely Mary Barker - 1925

We look at Cicely Mary Barker's The Flower Fairies illustrations from a new exhibition at Mottisfont Abbey.

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The famous 'Flower Fairies' paintings we all grew up with are 100 years old, and a new exhibition celebrates the artist who created them: Cicely Mary Barker.

A pictorial tribute to all those beautiful illustrations that take us back to the joys of childhood…Please note your application to join will be denied...

Lliira (pronounced: /ˈlɪərɑː/ LEER-ah[7] listen) was a chaotic good lesser deity of joy (and for a time an exarch of Sune)[7][18] in the Faerûnian pantheon. Everchanging and always lively, she was the embodiment of happiness and freedom,[2] inspiring poets, musicians, and all who reveled in the wonder of a free, cheerful life. The Joybringer was the archetypal ingénue dancer, showing by example that few things should draw one away from the Elysian Rigadoon, a philosophy that prioritized…

Flower Fairies - Cicely Mary Barker - 1925

You are an unsung beauty. You're delicate and sweet with pretty facial features and a dainty air about you, and although deep down you may know this, you are very modest and keep quiet about it, neither gloating it nor fishing for praise and compliments. Your presence alone is enough to bring an air of calm over the nearby atmosphere, and your personality has a therapeutic side to it, too- you're ...

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Flower Fairies - Cicely Mary Barker - 1925