Fairytales are an important part of Germany's cultural heritage and I'm sure it would be hard, to find anyone there who has never heard of Hansel and Gretel and other stories by the Brothers Grimm. Another famous one is „The Frog King“, illustrating the age old desire to find Mr. Right… or Ms. Right… depending on the perspective 😉

The essential part is of course the kiss:

I painted this back in 1988 in graphite pencil, watercolors and acrylics on reverse side of glass, and it is likely my most successful painting to date. Several people wanted it, but in the end it became part of my sisters private collection... guess she was closest to the source!