Acktook and Paragud

With their long nose and large ears, Paragud is able to detect creatures in distress, quickly alerting Acktook to the situation, so that they can do what they can to help. Acktook is a healer, and with Paragud’s assistance, tends to the small creatures of the worlds, healing wounds and comforting heartbreaks. As a team, they are compassionate and efficient in their work, and are deeply loved by everyone they come across.

Size: A4 (21.0 x 29.7cm)

The Pareidolian Pixies are created using the phenomenon pareidolia, or seeing faces in objects. Using random splatters of paint, no two pixies are the same, and I can never predict the faces that will appear once the paint has dried. Other than choosing the colours, I have very little control over how the pixies will look, and sometimes they take a long time to reveal themselves and their stories to me.

The pixies are painted on 100% recycled cotton paper, which adds a wonderful texture and shows off the granulation and separation of the paints I use. I almost exclusively use handmade watercolours from a few small paint makers around the world to achieve high quality, heavily pigmented paintings.

Although I have sealed every original painting with fixative, please try to avoid touching them, as the natural oils from your skin may affect the paint. All of the paints I use have a high light-fastness rating, but are best kept out of long-term, direct sunlight.