Kirstin has complied here a short selection of some of her musings on the subject of faery: a topic that seems to divide many people, and to which she has devoted much of her life.

Fairies, faeries, fae, wee folk or whatever name you may choose to give them are found right throughout the world and have been mentioned by almost all cultures far back into ancient times. Their magic and allure has caught many in its powerful hold and yet they retain a mystery of their own and enshroud their world in enchantments and deceptions so as not to be easily discernable to the human eye. Elements in the true sense, they embody pure energy and often manifest this in different forms. Thus many cultures tell tales of pixies that haunt the moors as dancing lights, of great spirits that heal and calm, and even of boggarts and brownies that disrupt a household! From great and heavenly beings of light to pesky pisks that giggle and taunt, from greedy goblins that pilfer and jeer to stalwart gnomes of the earth and wood, and from fairies of darkness, devouring light to dainty elves of wisdom and mirth, the creatures of fae are many and varied. Often depicted in the human-like form they use when appearing to us, if you look closely, even these depictions have vast differences between them and all represent the many different faces of faery that there are. Some have wings of golden glitter, others are shabby and look like torn leaves. Some have wings of moths, butterflies and insects, others have no wings at all. Many people remain uncertain as to whether fairies actually use their wings to fly. Here, it seems that they do not, though you might see them flitting and moving as if they are being used to fly. Rather, it seems that fairies, when they take this humanesque form, adopt wings to distinguish them from actual humans, from other fairies and from their surroundings. Others do it merely because they think it's fun to have wings. This displays the inherently whimsical nature of fairies: each seems often to embody a sense or emotion to which it is most susceptible. Thus there often appear faeries of happiness, faeries of fortune, faeries of greed and faeries of gloom. Wild and free, these elemental creatures run with wild abandon through anything they feel, often having a mysterious effect on any humans that happen to be in their vicinity. Kirstin's artworks represent the many different sides of faerie that she has encountered: from giggling pixies to pondering faes, to stately frog-queens and mischievous goblins! All of them are different and all of them represent a small part of the endless magic in the realm of faerie!

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