Secret Dream Fest

[mermaidenmystic]

How the sea fairies brought a cow for Matte

from "The Sea King's Gift" chapter of “The Lilac Fairy Book” ~ 1910 ~ Henry J. Ford (English, 1860-1941) 

[7pleiades7]

A Nymph in the Forest (1893) by John Collier (English, 1850 – 1934), signed and dated bottom left ‘John Collier / 1893’, oil on canvas, 102 cm (40.1 in) x 127.1 cm (50 in), Swiss Private Collection

[oldpaintings]

Klassische Ruinen mit einer Jungfrau im Vordergrund, 1915 by Eduard Büchler (Austrian, 1861-1958)

[mermaidenmystic]

“When she stood upright her ugliness had all gone.”

from “The Lilac Fairy Book” ~ “The King of Waterfalls” chapter ~ 1910 ~ edited by Andrew Lang ~ illustrated by Henry Justice Ford (English artist, 1860-1941)

Read the full book here: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/28096/28096-h/28096-h.htm#ugliness

[psikonauti]

Tom Perkinson (American,b.1940)

Night Storm Over the Mesa, 2022

Watercolor and mixed media

[weepingwidar]

Tom Anholt (British, 1987) - The Recluse (2025)

[redlipstickresurrected]

Anastasia Trusova aka Анастасия Трусова (Russian, b. 1988, Ivanovo region, Russia, based Eynatten, Belgium) - Light of Aurora, 2021, Paintings: Acrylic on Canvas

[weepingwidar]

Tuan Vu (Vietnamese, 1971) - On the Bridge (2024)

[urgetocreate]

Oil and oil sticks on linen, 36 in × 30 in

[unsubconscious]

Elena Wuest (German, b. 1977) ‘Beyond’, 2025 Oil on canvas, 80 x 60cm

[mermaidenmystic]

Thank you so much @pocketfullofpoesies! 🩷

[ymutate]

Brian Dubina

[urgetocreate]

Jack and Leo (The Beach Boys), Acrylic on paper

[artist-rysselberghe]

Pines and Eucalyptus at Cavelieri, 1905, Théo van Rysselberghe

Medium: oil,canvas

[claude-monet-paintings]

-The Artist's Garden at Vetheuil-

[oathtoblood]

Freyja

— John Bauer (1882-1918)

[classicalcanvas]

View of the Church at Vernon (1883) by Claude Monet

[redlipstickresurrected]

Gizem Akdağ (Turkish, b. 1995, Istanbul, Turkey) - Untitled, Painting

[charnel-grounds]

Edmund Kanoldt (1845–1904), “Klassische Walpurgisnacht”

oil on canvas, 1882 — source

[1five1two]

'Ocean #4'. Guy Billout. 1972.