Finding Wonderland


Mission: To establish an immersive art library, artist retreat, and museum that honors myth, fairy tale and folklore. This place is called Wonderland.

Purpose: To preserve and celebrate wonder in children of all ages through the use of fairy tale and folklore. We encourage original contributions through writing, sculpting, painting, music and other forms of artistic expression.

History: In the summer of 2020, Angi, her husband Silas and their brother Lee journeyed to the UK seeking residency. Because of Silas’s status as a member of European Union, he qualified to apply for residency status prior to the Brexit deadline in December 2020. Though no one wanted to travel amidst Covid, all ventured forth in hopes of securing a magical property to house the Wonderland collection in the land that gave us Camelot, the 100 Acre Wood and Hogwarts.

This blog begins with the first day of that journey and continues all around the UK, following our adventures as the FINDING WONDERLAND path unfolds.

  • 1997

    While Angi lies paralyzed from the neck down in a hospital, Wendy Froud gifts her a healing faerie, which also gives her hope. Angi decides the best way to share this hope is to create a place where people can meet these kinds of creatures and have magical interactions of their own. It will be a place called Wonderland.

  • 1999

    Angi opens Duirwaigh Gallery, the first gallery to exclusively exhibit myth and fairy tale artwork to an international audience online. Sales from the gallery are used to raise funds for Wonderland.

  • 2003

    Duirwaigh Publishing opens, publishing mythic prints and greeting cards.

  • 2004

    Angi creates “A Knock at the Door”, featuring the artists of Duirwaigh Gallery. The film is seen by millions of viewers —passed from email to email—before the era of YouTube.

  • 2006

    “A Knock at the Door” sells out its first book printing. Angi and Silas move to Taos, New Mexico to create the first version of Wonderland.

  • 2009

    Wonderland opens as a part of Angi and Silas’s home.

  • 2010

    Angi writes and publishes “Doorways and Dreamfields: A True Fairy Tale” which charts the evolution of Duirwaigh Gallery and its mission to create a non profit museum and artist retreat.

  • 2011

    Wonderland hosts its first workshops and retreats in Taos, New Mexico.

  • 2014

    Angi launches Muse Juice Tours which takes wonder seekers around the globe to find myth and magic.

  • 2020

    Trip to England to look for Wonderland’s permanent home. FINDING WONDERLAND, the journey of establishing a place for fairy tale— begins! The latest articles and videos appear on this page below. To watch from the beginning, you’ll have to go all the way back to page one.
September 25, 2020

A Gothic Beauty –

FINDING WONDERLAND- This one!!! This gothic beauty has the potential to be a living dwelling in the back two rooms of the chapel and our event space as well. I am swooning for it big time. However, as we wait for a building survey of its extensive damage, we realize that is likely too far gone for a reasonable amount of money to save. A wealthy investor could do this place up right! Along with its price tag, it will likely take close to a million to bring it out of its derelict state. And then more funds to refurbish […]
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September 22, 2020

When things get hard…

It’s been a HARD freakin day. Tears and fears and WTF galore. More than one piece of bad news that affects our plans and future here. (i’ll make a video about it so you guys know the details we are up against, just not today. I’m too raw.) But I’m not giving up, and I am remembering the words of my teacher who instructed me to make a gratitude list while feeling down. It works. So HERES A SHOUT OUT to all the folks who are even making this journey a possibility. Without them I wouldn’t have the luxury of […]
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September 21, 2020

The Train Station –

FINDING WONDERLAND – Part 13. It’s a TRAIN STATION! Oh my god you guys, this one hurts! We were due to view this one today and it got an offer over the weekend. So sad. But I couldn’t resist showing you. Turn of the century authentic train station (see black and white photo of original use) repurposed for a home and guest quarters. Includes four bedroom house, plus the separate “ticket office” which holds two bedrooms, a kitchen and its own living room. And then a caboose for a studio. ARGH! So adorbs.   One question: would you live here?
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