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Peter Lindahl

Amanitas show up in several of Peter Lindahl‘s paintings, but my favorite is The Opium Witch: On his website, Lindahl writes: “with a cunning eye, you will notice I never quite completed it, having left out the hand of the … Continue reading

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Witches in the Woods

Artist Rima Staines writes about illustrating the tale The Old Woman in the Woods: The Fly Agaric Mushroom (Amanita Muscaria), that little white-spotted red-cap growing deep in the forest that appears so very often in fairy tale illustrations is a … Continue reading

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