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It Has Come To My AttentionIt has come to my attention
that people like me
are generally not welcome in fairy tales.

It's the talking birds that do it.
The minute a sparrow shows up to pipe a direful warning
it's all over
down at the first hurdle
done

The body in the fifty-fathom well
will have to wait
the old woman turned into a hare
the murdered mother in the juniper tree
as I whip out my Sibley guide and look for the entry
with the fieldmark labeled capable of human speech.

For this crime
I have been accused of a failure of wonder
of having chained up my inner child and sent her
to work in the salt mines.

But the truth
(if you really want to kn

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A Wizard of Teaby `ursulav

Digital Art / Drawings & Paintings / Fantasy

PRINTS ARE AVAILABLE! SEE BOTTOM OF DESCRIPTION!*

Alchemists in the western world tended to spend their time in useless pursuits, tinkering with virgin's milk and mercury, trying to make the philosopher's stone and generally being of no use to anybody.

Alchemists in the east, however, learned early on to turn their powers to trade, and became wildly successful in business. Silk-charmers capable of creating magical dyes were the most highly sought after, but running a close second were the wizards of tea.

Turning lead to gold was for chumps. A tea wizard who could transmute ten bushels of inferior green into ten pounds of the delicate and extraordinarily expensive "Dragon's Eyelashes" blend could build a whole house out of gold--or lead, were she so inclined and didn't plan to spend much time at home.

Eventually, of course, the East India Tea Company figured it out and started recruiting starving young European alchemists and sending them around the Cape. Most of them were only good for keeping tea from rotting on the docks, but a few turned out to have a real flair and a gift for "reading the leaves" and the rest, as they say, is history.

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Aggghhhh! Big-eyed cartoony girls! Sparkly magic! Inner teenage girl squealing! I could actually feel myself going to the dark side as I painted...

Still, I regret nothing. Except perhaps that I drank a LOT of tea during the day and a half this painting took. The painting could probably have been done several hours sooner if I hadn't been spending so much time in the bathroom.

Anyway! Prints are available, for $10 and $20, (8.5 x 11 and 13 x 19 respectively) plus shipping. I take Paypal, check and money order. Send me a note, or visit [link] to order!

*Sorry, crass I know, but many people apparently don't actually read down to the bit where it says "You can buy this stuff!"

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~L1ghtningpaw Apr 11, 2013

tea is wonderful and so is this picture!!

*RainyPaws Mar 21, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

This is so cute! I love the idea of tea wizards.

That's the sort of wizard I'd be for sure! I love tea!

Kudos to you for creating this!

~Valvado Sep 10, 2012

I am speechless!!!! This is amazing! beautifully done, with lots of detail

Congrats!

Fantasy ART gallery:

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~elleneri May 25, 2012

I just love the little stories that come with most of your paintings.

!request-commission Apr 14, 2012 Student Traditional Artist

Hello! I am wondering if I can use this in a video I'm making? The video is going to be about angels, warriors, angel warriors, mages, witches, girls/boys with guns and/or swords and more. So, it's mostly going to be about fantasy stuff. I will make sure you are added to the credits list for your art at the end of the video and that you get a link to the video with your art in it. The songs that will be on the video is:

We Are Who We Are- By: Kesha
Blow Me Away- By: Breaking Benjamin
Naturally- By: Selena Gomez
Bet On It- By: Zac Efron (High School Musical 2)
I'm Alive- By: Celine Dion
Moves Like Jagger- By: Maroon 5 Feat. Christina Aguilera
Disgusting- By: Kesha

WARNING: There might be 2-3 parts.

So, may I use this piece of art in my video?

~DivineLightAngels Mar 29, 2012 Professional Digital Artist

Really beautiful, wonderful

~eva-tiger-lover Feb 16, 2012

magic tea
like it
i want tast it

*Mushroom-kat Dec 17, 2011 Hobbyist General Artist

she needs to meet the mad hatter

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