SOMBA K'E/YELLOWKNIFE - Obscene hand gestures, vandalism and other aggressive outbursts are not depicted in most popular portrayals of the mythical wee beings known as fairies. But, a couple of fairies did those very things and worse in Kam Lake earlier this month.

Artist Inemesit Graham, left, and model Melissa Pettes portrayed a couple of bad fairies during a fashion shoot led by photographer Sari Wouters earlier this month. - photo courtesy of Sari Wouters

Models Inemesit Graham and Melissa Pettes donned vestigial wings as they smashed car windows, fought, and treated children badly as part of a theatrical photo shoot co-ordinated by fashion photographer Sari Wouters.

The idea for the shoot grew from the Fairy Bad Collection, a clothing line designed by Graham featuring fairies in postures so provocative they would make Mother Goose blush.

Graham and Pettes, a professional cosmetician who manages the makeup boutique at Shoppers Drug Mart, worked with a few co-stars as they channelled dark fairy forces for Wouter's camera.

They acted out a scene of stealing candy from children with help from brothers William and Corey Doherty and posed with a couple of burly boxers, the four-legged kind, named Raider and Revy.

At the end of the day, the fairies grabbed a baseball bat and smashed cars offered up by Garth Eggenberger of Age Automotives, who donated his scrap yard for the shoot.

"It was so much fun," Pettes said. "I've never done anything like that before. We got to go crazy and let it all out. Once I got used to swinging the bat it was really easy."

Pettes participated in Wouter's last photo shoot, a tribute to pinup girls from the 1950s, shot at Inspired in the Centre Square Mall. The images were composed for promotional use by the retail gift store.

"Sari had a really great idea and I was honoured to be part of it," Pettes said. "So, props to Sari."

Wouters, who, like Graham, is also a skilled painter and sketch artist, said she is happy with how her fairy photos turned out.

"What's better than a gorgeous girl who looks like she can beat the crap out of you," she said. "I have a love for the old-school pinup so I stuck to it, with a mean edge that makes the girls seem even sexier."

She said Graham's clothing line, not pictured in the photos, offers an opportunity for non-fairy folk to embrace the spirit of reckless abandon captured in her photos.

"Imagine it as you slip on a (tank top) with a naughty pixie displayed across the front, then just grab a pair of spiked heels, throw on some leopard print pants and you're ready to rock the attitude," she said.

For more information about Graham's Fairy Bad Collection of clothing, visit www.inemesitgraham.com.