As it’s the Autumn Equinox, I’m sad to say it’s the end of another Summer of Narnia. So here’s another collection of pics showing another ending, the death of one Jadis, also known as the White Witch and the so-called Queen of Narnia. Dead but not dismembered. So pretty but so evil! A terrifying Aslan …
Somewhere in the late 1970s or early 1980s the British publisher that held the rights to the Chronicles, Williams Collins, Sons & Co., ** decided to update the look of the books to appeal to the current audience of young readers. Up to then they had relied on covers using Pauline Baynes’ original artwork, but …
Some months ago I was researching flag design and wondering what sort of flag Jadis would create for Narnia during the years that she ruled it. I came up with this design. The red sun represents Charn’s, the white star its lone companion, and the dark blue background Charn’s empty sky. The mountains denote …
Lampost, Pevensies, and Aslan come together in this free-form stitched piece of textile art by Heidi Rhodes.
This illustration, by artist Forrest Burdett, is an art print that mimics a design for a book cover. It includes all the elements but Aslan and Mr. Tumnus, giving the viewer the idea kids defeat the witch, who is glowering on the bottom, on their own. As an artist I like this intentionally naive, folkloric …
This painting by Thanawat Techawongwilash was not labeled as being about Narnia in any way… yet it so obviously is, with a humanoid lion, a lampost, and woman in the clothing and hairstyle of the 1950s. The woman is Susan, of course, some years after she lost her family in a train accident and finds …
Sometimes it’s the simplest White Witch portraits that are the most effective, like this one here, which substitutes glacial green for the ubiquitous blue tones that are usually used for the background. It’s part of a homeschool art lesson. Another simple, yet effective, witch, with a gray or pewter cast. She seems not so evil …
Here’s some more depictions I found of Narnia’s favorite baddie, Tash! The illustration above, by Trenton Long, adheres both to the book and Pauline Baynes’ iconic illustration. Tall, skinny, with man-snatching Bandersnatch claws, plus that pectoral collar and scraggly loincloth. The head is more pterosaur-like than avian, but his expression says he’s full of evil …
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