Little Miss Muffet by fantasy artist Scott Gustafson

Little Miss Muffet by Scott Gustafson

 

Print released 1998

 

There are so many light and interesting touches in this beautifully colored and bordered work. She sits in a formal garden of the 18th century, next to her faithful King Charles Spaniel. A suave little spider has come to "sit down beside her"—but perhaps this Miss Muffet will not be frightened away. Scott says: "The sheet music at her feet is a Tarantella, a popular dance of the period that, according to folklore, when danced wards off the effects of the venomous bite of a tarantula. Whether or not that's true I don't know, but it was a nice musical tie-in to the spidery theme I was painting."