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Lake Lady Productions, est. 1981 "Faerie Glen"                            ©Amanda W. Crews Lake Lady Productions was created in 1981 by artist Amanda W. Crews, as a means of sharing her art with family and friends. Today, her stationery and art have traveled worldwide. Much of her work is based on mythology, faerie tales and folklore, especially that of the British Isles, France, and eastern Europe. Her work is available on Note Cards, as Ready-to-Frame Prints on paper or canvas, and now some of her designs are available on quality cotton T-shirts, as well as natural canvas Tote Bags and Aprons.  They all make fabulous gifts for your friends and yourself, so be sure to purchase several! In the early 1980's, a series of Amanda’s "Faerie Portraits" exhibited and promptly sold at a gallery in North Carolina. They have been a popular item ever since, distinctive in style, often copied, but never duplicated.  Over the years, she has created both Faerie Portraits and striking Pastel Portraits from photographs by commission, which now hang in private homes across the United States.  In 2001, Amanda produced her first official "Nixie": a "Faerie Portrait" inspired by rock icon Stevie Nicks, at the requests of Amanda's friends who were also fans. A canvas print of this piece, "Rigantona", was donated to the Wild Heart Affair 2001 in San Francisco to help fans celebrate Stevie's birthday; this popular design is now available on Note Cards and Ready-To-Frame Canvas Prints, as well as printed on our Leaping Princess Studios Signature T-Shirts. In the 1990's, Amanda's work began to focus on the creation of stationery and cards for reproduction.  Starting out with single-colour prints, she has now produced multi-color hand prints and full-colour computer prints. In the year 2000, Lake Lady Productions made the gigantic cyber-leap onto the worldwide web, opening this on-line gallery, Leaping Princess Studios. Amanda’s cards, prints, T-shirts and other items are now available anytime and anywhere through this site, courtesy of our hard-working artist’s cyber-representative and web mistress, Mina. We’re PayPal Verified, so you can order safely and securely on-line, or you can print out our order form and mail your order to us. Don’t forget to bookmark our site, and leave us a note in the guest book to let us know you’ve been by!

About the Artist Amanda W. Crews "Nimue"                                                                             ©Amanda W. Crews The daughter of artists, Amanda started drawing just as soon as she could hold a crayon, and produced her first signed oil painting at the age of two. Her favourite subjects, even then, were angels, faeries, mermaids and ballerinas; and she drew them everywhere, as her parents will still attest. In high school, she discovered the music of the Beatles and Fleetwood Mac, and won a scholastic award in art for a portrait of a pen-pal. In 1977, the young artist was listening to the timeless music of Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours", and drawing, painting and writing with much inspiration from George Harrison and Stevie Nicks. She held well-received showings upon graduation from both high school and college. Now, over 25 years later, Rumours on the Edge of 17, a special webpage created just for Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac fans by Leaping Princess Studios, is proud to offer a few of Amanda's drawings from the time of Fleetwood Mac's Rumours Tour, when the artist was on the "edge of seventeen".  These fine pen and ink pieces are signed with her maiden name, Amanda L. Walters. In 1981, Amanda married her true love, and began drawing as Amanda W. Crews. That same year, she created Lake Lady Productions. Since then, Amanda has done striking pastel portraits which hang in private homes across the United States, and cover art for a musical audiocassette. Her work has been published in several newsletters, and she has contributed to the illustration of a Beauty and the Beast fanzine, "Second Stories", by Deborah Martin, once available at Martin Enterprises. She has also created logo and banner art for websites, and been profiled in “Talent In Motion” magazine. Amanda's subject matter is always mystical fantasy, and her subjects continue to be angels and faeries; but she now includes castles, kings and goddesses, and sometimes, even a beautiful daemon. She has also created designs specially released for Christmas and Halloween.  She is discovering a mythology all her own, a pantheon of archetypes. Amanda's love of faerie tales and legends continues to inspire her, and her personal mythology continues to evolve.

Shops "Faerie Princess"                            ©Amanda W. Crews Shops Amanda's cards can also be purchased at these fine locations: Currently not available in stores. To carry Lake Lady Productions note cards at your shop, and add your shop's listing here, contact us for more information.

Collectibles "Brandi's Dream of the Maker of Birds" ©Amanda W. Crews Collectibles Amanda's artwork may still be available in these fine collectibles: Academy of Dance Arts Amanda's "Damselfly" design dances lightly over her foundation, the Academy of Dance Arts logo. Sold exclusively for The Academy of Dance Arts in Winston-Salem, N.C. Open Highway Cover art for a cassette recording of original music by Michael Geddes Ocean Gypsy Illustrations and lyrical contributions for a mermaid newsletter edited by Marie Hart Reflections Illustrations and lyrical contributions for a Stevie Nicks fanzine and newsletter edited by Bear Poems from the Velvet Underground Illustrations and lyrical contributions for an art & poetry newsletter edited by Linda Iorio Second Stories Illustrations for a Beauty and the Beast fanzine written by Deborah Martin The Queen's Cards "Revelation" and "Guardian" were published by The Queen's Cards as glossy, 5"x7" greeting cards. We were very pleased with the quality of the cards; however, The Queen's Cards vanished overnight, along with the artist's transparencies and any royalties we were due. If you ever see Amanda's artwork produced by this company, please contact us! Camias Jewelry Designs Banner designs for Kelly Graham's hand-crafted jewelry website Designs by Bear Logo art for Bear's hand-made clothing website The Wild Heart Affair Contributed artwork in 2001 & 2002

You are visitor number PLEASE NOTE: All of Amanda's work on this website has been digitally watermarked with "copyright Amanda W. Crews All rights reserved." This watermark will NOT show up on your purchased items.   Visit www.redcross.org now to learn more about disaster preparedness and how we can help each other in disasterous times. You haven't seen all of Leaping Princess Studios until you've visited these pages: (Some pages are currently under construction) [Home] [Portraits and Nixies] [Mina's Castle: The Heart of Leaping Princess Studios] [The Arthurian Tales] [Beauty and the Beast] [Dracula] [Rumours on the Edge of 17] [DragonLoch] [In Memory of 9-11] [Link to us] [Links] [Order Form] [FAQ Page] [Contact Leaping Princess Studios]     copyright 2017 Amanda W. Crews Lake Lady Productions & Leaping Princess Studios