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SciFi and Fantasy Art: Defying Newton

There once was an person named Donna who painted a strange little monster. When it was finished, she looked at its pathetically small wings.
"Oh dear," she said, "this unfortunate creature will never fly."
"Sure I can!" piped the brave little monster. Opening its wings, it flapped them to no avail. After a short breather, it tried again. And again. "What's wrong?" it demanded in a tiny voice.
"Your wings. I'm sorry, I painted them too small for your body," Donna said.
The monster glared at the thoughtless artist. "Well, that was a rotten thing to do, wasn't it! Is this some kind of joke?"
Donna mulled it over. "I'll just put you in a alternate world with little gravity. You'll be able to fly there."
"What? Can't you just make my wings bigger?" The monster continued complaining and hurling insults for some time. Eventually, it started floating. "Hey! I'm flying. It worked!" Smiling, it dipped and soared and banked and twirled... and smacked straight into an apple. "What the?" It stared at the sky which was littered with apples. "This is a joke. You really are a sicko."
"This world defies Newton's law of gravity. Apples don't fall from trees here, so they float about." Donna said. "I've painted some worms to eat the apples; hopefully they'll take care of it."
"Fabulous," the monster snapped, its voice charged with sarcasm. It jotted down a mental note to remove Donna from its Christmas card list as it fluttered off, dodging fruit all the while.

Acrylic on illustration board, 45.5 x 38 cm. 2006.

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 Categories                          Extrateresstial, Alien Life Forms     Humourous or Cute Things     Mythical Creatures & Assorted Monsters  

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DateNameComment 
17 Sep 2006:-) Helle Jorgensen
If I was your little monster I'd worry significantly more about the worms than the apples, as they *do* look rather like they might want to supplement the fruit diet with other items. But I trust that as their creator you'd intervene if things began looking to bleak for the little fellow - Christmas card or no Christmas card. I must say that those are some lovely vibrant colours! The picture leaves me sorely tempted to buy some acrylic paint to have a try at it myself; it looks so good! Overall you have a wonderful gallery 2

:-) Donna Quinn replies: "Thanks for the comment Helle, it gave me a chuckle! If you do decide to give acrylics or oils a shot, good luck! I hope it gets nice and messy. 2"
28 May 2007:-) C. Hessman
DUDE! Your pictures are awesome! All your creepy stuff looks so...creepy! Your background story is really funny! But I think those worms wat to eat more than just apples...

:-) Donna Quinn replies: "Thankyou Christopher. 2 The little flying dude should probably have packed some worm repellant."
15 Jul 200745 Anonymous
You are a genius...That story is hilarious, not to mention the wonderful quality of the picture
19 Jul 2007:-) Katrina Williams
Hahaha! The background story rocks! Man i am soo jealous of your painting talent!

:-) Donna Quinn replies: "I'm glad you liked it Katrina, thankyou. 2"
16 Oct 2007:-) Barbara J. Wickham
Actually, I wouldn't worry about the little monster too much. He seems to have enough spunk to take on those worms if they try to get too familiar. *lol*

I love the way you have incorporated the newton theory both literally and allegorically. In my humble opinion, gravity needed a serious taking-down long ago. Silly laws...

The colors are downright otherworldly and add to the strange atmosphere of this painting. That rust-red and toxic-green combination is absolutely delightful to look at!

:-) Donna Quinn replies: "You are absolutely right Barbara. He is a spunky dude who will fight off the wormish hordes if necessary. Thankyou for the entertaining and thoughtful comment!"
7 Aug 2008:-) Sarah Charles
Hilarious! I love it! The idea is very original, and the color scheme is great!

:-) Donna Quinn replies: "I don’t know what I was thinking for this one... thanks for the comment Sarah!"
19 Aug 2008:-) Sherri Leigh Pincince
OMG!!!! Toooo funny, but I definately don’t want to be an apple for THOSE worms.... I DO have sympathy for the little flying moster though.... you should’ve just given him LARGER wings... LOL love your gallery... please stop by mine and feel free to leave comments!!!!!! 2

:-) Donna Quinn replies: "Hi Sherri, I’m looking at your gallery now (well, trying to, Elfwood has been loading REALLY slowly for me lately). If I don’t leave any comments, you know it just didn’t want to load for me! Anyway, thank you for the comment!"
27 Aug 2008:-) Alia Tenoch
Very charming...the story was very cute

:-) Donna Quinn replies: "Thanks Alia, I’m glad you enjoyed it!"
6 Sep 2008:-) Edward Joel Wittlif
Well, that’s an emotional little monster cursing out his creater and all. He’ll probably go on to deny that you exist and come up with some idea on how he really thinks he came about. All the same he is kinda cute in an ugly sort of way.

:-) Donna Quinn replies: "He is sort of cute, thanks Edward. Thank you for the comment!"
16 Sep 200845 Caleb
He’s like a little Israelite in the desert... I can imagine that if he had been more trusting, a little slower to revile his maker, the solution to his problem wouldn’t have been so ugly...
But as for the image itself, he is very endearing, and you can’t help but think that he’ll win the day against the wormies... and have time to sign some Christmas cards.

:-) Donna Quinn replies: "Well, he’s taking his time about it! I hope I don’t have to wait 40 years for a card."
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