Exhibition at Julia's Tea Room, Dimbola Museum and Galleries

The work on display is part of an ongoing collection called 'Fae live in the Bokeh'.

(The 'Fae' are the Faerie Folk, or the Hidden People, and 'Bokeh' is a term for the out-of-focus/blur in a photographic image).

The collection consists of photographs taken in and around an area of the Island known as the Undercliff.

The Undercliff skirts the southern edge of the Island from Niton to Bonchurch, a seven mile long sheltered coastal terrace with its own semi-tropical microclimate. When Victorian tourists first discovered the wonders of the Undercliff in the early 1800s, there were a flurry of reported sightings and encounters with "supernatural beings".

It is said that these reports enchanted many great Victorian Romantic poets and writers, many of whom were compelled to visit, and some came to live in the Undercliff -- Bonchurch in particular.

As more people moved in, reported encounters with these "supernatural beings" rapidly decreased".

The museum & tea room is open Tue-Fri, 11-4 and Sat-Sun 10-4 in Nov and Dec.

We will be closed on the 22nd, 23rd 24th and 25th Dec but open on Monday 29th. The final day of the exhibition is Sunday 4th January.