Launch Recite Me assistive technology
A painting of several ghostly, pale figures emerging from a deep black background. The central figure stands with hands on hips, their form blurred and translucent.

Illustration: Witchy! Faye Moorhouse's ethereal figures glow in the dark

—
Date
12 December 2013

Every now and again in a sea of new art and design you come across somebody whose work draws you in without you fully being able to explain why, with all the magnetism of a strange mind and a curious practice. This is something like what I feel about illustrator Faye Moorhouse; her eerily dark images pull me in without my being able to diagnose it. Her Midnight Gatherings series sees bewitching images see pale ethereal figures playing their way to the forefront of a murky abyss, with translucent faces peering dreamily from the bellies and faces of others, with a few crystal balls and moons thrown in for good measure.

A painting of several pale, ghostly figures set against a solid black background. The central figure stands with hands on hips, their form blurring into drips of white and blue paint.
Above

Faye Moorhouse: Midnight Gatherings

An illustration of several pale, ghostly figures standing in a dark void. One figure lies sprawled on the ground in the foreground, while the others look on from a distance.
Above

Faye Moorhouse: Midnight Gatherings

An illustration of three distorted figures floating against a solid black background. The figures are rendered in muted grey, white and ochre tones with jagged, fluid outlines.
Above

Faye Moorhouse: Midnight Gatherings

An illustration of four ghostly, pale figures against a solid black background. Three figures stand in a loose circle with arms raised, while a fourth figure lies flat on their back at the bottom.
Above

Faye Moorhouse: Midnight Gatherings

A painting of several ghostly, pale figures emerging from a deep black background. The figures are blurred and ethereal, with some appearing as fragmented shapes or floating heads.
Above

Faye Moorhouse: Midnight Gatherings

Share Article

About the Author

Maisie Skidmore

—

Maisie joined It’s Nice That fresh out of university in the summer of 2013 as an intern before joining full time as an Assistant Editor. Maisie left It’s Nice That in July 2015.

It's Nice That Newsletters

Fancy a bit of It's Nice That in your inbox? Sign up to our newsletters and we'll keep you in the loop with everything good going on in the creative world.