A fairy riding a bike, toadstools, and the moon shinning bright. These are some of the things I see when I look at these pieces of art. What do you see? What do you think is happening? What do you feel?

7 artworks
A Crowned Fairy King Seated on a Hedgehog Drawn by a Young Girl Holding a Giant Daisy, Accompanied by Dancing Fairies
Image credit: Wellcome Collection

A Crowned Fairy King Seated on a Hedgehog Drawn by a Young Girl Holding a Giant Daisy, Accompanied by Dancing Fairies

Charles Altamont Doyle (1832–1893)

Watercolour on paper

H 30 x W 24.5 cm

Wellcome Collection

Brain's Flight Rehabilitation Vehicle
© the artist. Image credit: Rochdale Arts & Heritage Service

Brain's Flight Rehabilitation Vehicle 2007

Samantha Bryan (b.1979)

Mixed media

H 38 x W 55.5 x D 19 cm

Rochdale Arts & Heritage Service

Young Girl with Fairies
© the copyright holder. Image credit: General Hospital, Jersey

Young Girl with Fairies 1925

Poole Pottery

Oil on ceramic tiles

H 150 x W 105 cm

General Hospital, Jersey

The Fairy Raid: Carrying Off a Changeling, Midsummer Eve
Image credit: Glasgow Life Museums

The Fairy Raid: Carrying Off a Changeling, Midsummer Eve 1867

Joseph Noel Paton (1821–1901)

Oil on canvas

H 90.5 x W 146.7 cm

Glasgow Life Museums

Dance of the Fairies
Image credit: Paisley Museum and Art Galleries, Renfrewshire Council Collections

Dance of the Fairies

Jessie Blair

Oil on canvas

H 22 x W 31 cm

Paisley Museum and Art Galleries, Renfrewshire Council Collections

'… and the fairies ran away with their clothes'
Image credit: Bridgeman Images

'… and the fairies ran away with their clothes' 1918–1919

Charles Sims (1873–1928)

Oil on canvas

H 73.6 x W 91.4 cm

Leeds Museums and Galleries

Illustration – Two Children and Fairies on Toadstools
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Southend Museums Service

Illustration – Two Children and Fairies on Toadstools

Joseph Thomas 'Bob' Cattle (1886–1960)

Watercolour on paper

H 27.3 x W 29.8 cm

Southend Museums Service