Emerald Dragon by Ellie/Elaine FAYBEL (Nesbitt)

Title:	Emerald Dragon
Date Created:	September 2025
Copyright:	© FAYBEL
Genre:	Fantasy
Mediums:	Photoshop
Views:	82
Posted:	12/3/2025

Projects: FAYBEL' s (Elaine Nesbitt) work is in show at Mahtay Café & Lounge, in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, this December. Her paintings will be on display at The Hub & Gallery in Ridgeway, Ontario, Canada throughout 2026. She is preparing to continue to write for Hyperlux Magazine on a special upcoming artist collaboration and is partnering with the renowned tablet company Wacom as an influencer. A collection of her earlier pieces is available through iCanvas, while several of her more recent digital originals are accessible through Poetic Tiger Gallery in Boise, Idaho, USA (online). Ellie is chief guest editor of " Art of the Phoenix: Path to the Inner Self" , a special issue of 365 Art + Magazine in Japan that will be open for submissions after her spinal injury is further stabilized. She has assembled DAE (Digital Artist Exhibitions), a group of 8 professional, multi-award-winning, digital artists, including Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize finalists, to promote a pro-digital narrative in fine art and galleries globally. Many of her pieces are painted for her " Timbretock" fantasy-fairytale universe.

Location: Ontario, Canada

It began with the fairytale of an Emerald Dragon that crocheted his own princess to flounce about a bedraggled castle tower. After studying the nature of dragons in many classic stories and their pernicious relations with princesses--an ancient literary trope to be true--the Dragon himself wished to re-stitch it with something subversive, something new. This illustration went darker, perhaps becoming the magical tale's origin, its truer context--the making of a Rag Doll Princess. From my sister's crocheting and adorable gecko, Leroy, to the Chinese Fu Dog guardian and Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous carvings in argillite, "Emerald Dragon" has a vast breadth of inspiration. Intricacies of the princess's attire weave motifs from Gustav Klimt's "Judith and Holofernes" with yellow plumage from birds of paradise and creative notes pulled from Yoshitaka Amano's "Vampire Hunter D" and "The Sandman" comic illustration series, highlighting his palette and penned floral affectations utmost.