Fairy Godmothers @ MindSay 
Over the last couple years, I have been slowly working on a series of "Fairy Godmother" portraits that I would like to make into a divination card game. Over this last week, I painted 21 more. Each face is getting more and more elaborate, and each has a theme, personality, and meaning. How did I get the idea? Well, I'm a Tarot reader and I am tired of the New Age silly, sugar-coated angel and fairy card decks out there. I want to see something more modern, tongue-in-cheek, gay and pop culture oriented. I think that the real "fairies" in this world are creatures of the night who love to dress in flamboyant clothing, wear make-up, and generally their "look" goes way past that of what is considered a "drag queen." My original concept is that each card is drawn at random and each Fairy Godmother on the card will bring you a certain kind of luck -- basically, they are the Fairy Godmothers who are out there to guide you in this modern world.
I have yet to name each Fairy Godmother. Some of you might recognize, some are completely original. Astute viewers will see John Waters in this series (not every Fairy Godmother dresses up in women's clothes). For the full size painting, check it out here and see how I view John as a Fairy Godmother -- complete with a lovely pink heart on his wide forehead and rosey cheeks. Looking into his eyes, I see sparkles of laughter and there are a lot of laugh lines in his face. You just know he's full of mischief! If you are a John Waters fan like I am, be sure to catch him in the CourtTV series "Til Death Do Us Part" as the Groom Reaper!
It was totally unintentional, but the first Fairy Godmother pictured below looks an awful lot like Rosario Dawson as Sin City dominatrix character Gail. I don't know how that happened. It's not Gail, I assure you, and nor is that Fairy Godmother Rosario. However, like both those ladies, she's a spit fire in silver and lace.
And here are the first 18 Fairy Godmothers I painted.
See the progression?
May the luck and blessings of the Fairy Godmothers be with you!
I'm happy to report that I have created more Fairy Godmothers! Yes. You heard me. The crazy characters I first blogged about a year and a half or so ago have multiplied! And they aren't going away anytime soon. Eventually these lil' fairies will become an affirmational card deck for the queer in all of us. Each character will have its own name and special powers. Guess which ones have what:
See? I have been very productive lately. I have more art to post, but give me some time. There's a lot I want to write about, too. Oh, and here are the original six Fairy Godmothers (for those of you who don't want to click on the link above). Haven't they gotten even better? I think I want to do up to a hundred. Make the deck a collectable. Yeah. But first gotta find a publisher... anyone suggest one for me?
While I was broke for awhile, I wanted to create some postcards that will bring people good luck. I started thinking about Fairy Godmothers and came up with a cute idea: what if all Fairy Godmothers in fairytales were really drag queens with magical powers? This idea led me to start drawing these faces. The faces I would later paint on little postcards. As the colors came out, the personalities of these Fairy Godmothers started to emerge. Then they started to remind me of the painted faces of club kids. Then I started to write a story for each of the Godmothers. Each one of these faces you see below is a Fairy Godmother who can grant you a special wish that corresponds with each of their personalities and supernatural abilities. Because I haven't yet settled names for these characters, and haven't yet found a publisher that might be interested in printing them, I will post details on them later. For now, here are the previews: