The Little Mermaid | acrylic on paper, 24” x 23”

Establishing scene of the mermaid palace in the Danish fairy tale The Little Mermaid, written by Hans Christian Andersen in 1837:

“All day long they played in the great halls of the castle, or among the living flowers that grew out of the walls. The large amber windows were open, and the fish swam in, just as the swallows fly into our houses when we open the windows, except that the fishes swam up to the princesses, and ate out of their hands, and allowed themselves to be stroked.”

— The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales