The sixth day of Solstice
The Mechanicsburg Solstice Festival, that is!
(The first page of “A Mechanicsburg Solstice Story” was posted on Monday, November 30, 2020.)
This is a collaborative painting by Phil and Kaja, circa 2009. Long ago, Kaja posted the following note about it on DeviantArt:
Phil and I painted this for the WindyCon 36 program book. Phil drew the picture, based on one of my favorite themes from way back. (Those of you who have read my Cat on the Dovrefjell story will already know of my penchant for the image of a girl riding a bear...) I fiddled with it some and then painted it: Phil did the snow! Phil also provided some awesomeness to the final painting that I would never have thought of... but in the end, it's kind of hard to say who did what.
I have just written up a new article about this painting on the Girl Genius wiki (there's a link to it in the wallpaper image above), and you can find more information and links there.
