Ghost Stories & Fairy Tales
February 1, 2019 - April 28, 2019
Step into a fantastical world of handcrafted miniatures depicting original tales of the mystical and mythic. Artist Geoff Mitchell illustrates ghost stories and fairytales using 1/7 scale miniature scenes that pique the imagination. Built in the scale of stop-motion animation sets, and reminiscent of the Gothic Cinematic style of Tim Burton, these dioramas are both ethereal and enchanting. Mitchell’s original stories are timeless and somehow familiar, as if conjured from a shared memory, or an imaginary world that one has to believe in order to see. Accented by thematic lighting and a musical soundtrack, this exhibit approaches the enduring art of storytelling, as OC Weekly’s Chris Ziegler observes, "...with a different and older kind of magic, and it might be more powerful for it."
Artist Biography
Exhibit Support:
This exhibition is supported in part by the Arizona Commission on the Arts, which receives support from the State of Arizona and the National Endowment for the Arts.