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Loft Gallery

Modern Medieval Madness in the Trophy Room

This summer exhibition by Toy Murchie, explored, with wit and humour, both a selection of paintings juxtaposing Middle Ages in Europe with life today, and The Adventures of Fanny Codswallop-Beagle, intrepid explorer and natural philosopher ; hunting will never be the same again!

Modern Medieval Madness

The Trophy Room

Living in an age that has witnessed the rapid advance of technology and the encroachment of urbanisation, Fanny Codswallop-Beagle eschews the comforts of modernity in favour of venturing into the uncharted realms of the natural world. With a heart brimming with unbridled enthusiasm, she roams the farthest reaches of our globe, exploring landscapes both harsh and sublime, cataloguing the wonders of nature, and seeking answers to questions. The Trophy Room brings together some of her latest finds.

Cervus prognathous The Dog-nosed Deerboar
Canis rosmarus truffleous The Keen-eyed Walrus Truffle Hound
Camelus oculus compositis The Horned Haboob Chaser
Andrias sassious infodio The Bottom-boring Cheeky Ankou
Heloderma caeruleum pellis The Tooth-billed Boaramonster
Meleagris pyropus voro The Bronze Wattled Gonzo Gobbler
Cumulus nubes tibia The Golden Flapping Wind Blowe
Urbus dulcis cuprum The Horned Copper Treacle Bear
Homo cervisiam factorem The Unicorned Green Man
Canis lupus nasal rosea The Pyrenese Pink Nosed Snaffle Mutt
Canis scrofa malocclusia The Boaring Puppig
Sus biggus earus The Radioactive Naked Space Pig
Picidae hypnoticus The Bug-eyed Puddle Pecker
Panthera gambianus The Bearded Snaggle Tooth Simba
Bos noodlenasum The Himalayan Noodle-nosed Yakki
Clamator cristatus cornets The Lesser-horned Crested Turmeric Tosse
Castor fata morgana The Wire Whiskered Sand Beaver
Homo carnivalium The Coney Man
Sus oscitans dentum The Yawning Tooth Boarer
Leporidae nasusdentum The Were-Rabbit
Cervus vaunarius 2023 Ettrick, Aotearoa, NZ (Silver Shivering Bush Deer)
Cervus languidus The Dopey Dingle Deer
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