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The love of childhood fairy tales has remained with me into my adulthood. Their romance, adventure, and  precious values of good over evil keep these stories alive in my memory. 

To be found in this painting are fairies, and elves, a Leprechaun, a giant in the beanstalk and a towering genie.  The stories of Aladdin, Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty, King Arthur, Guinevere, and Sir Lancelot appear along with a knight and his dragon.  Merlin stirs up a potion while Cinderella’s fairy godmother works her magic.  The virgin and the unicorn are juxtaposed with Pegasus and while the children listen to the storyteller a balloon from Around the World in Eighty Days or perhaps The Wizard of Oz sails out the painting.   

Central to most fairy tales is the “happily ever after theme” that appears symbolically as a golden castle.