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Un beau Jour Pour le Petit Prince: One Fine Day for the Little Prince

My piece for Olney in Bloom depicts a day in the life of the Little Prince and his love, a rose, that he nourished after she mysteriously started growing on his Asteroid B-612. 
The Little Prince bestowed all his affection upon the rose, listened and conversed with her and made her a screen glass globe when she desired to be protected from the cold. The Little Prince’s affections unintentionally inflame the rose’s vanity and eventually she demands too much from him. Feeling exploited he decides to leave his home and embark on a journey across the cosmos. Before he leaves, however, the rose apologises for her cruelty and they reconcile. 

I thought the Little Prince’s story to be a perfect example of our love for flowers and the effort we exert to help them bloom. 

Moominpappa at sea! Ship in a bottle.

I made this as a gift for my friend Marika.

I met her one year ago when I first moved to Olney from Newcastle. She had also just moved to Olney as an au pair from Finland. We had a lot of conversations about the Moonmins and a few stupid ones which this illustration sums ups.

A group of us went out on Saturday to send her off and It’s safe to say she’ll be missed.  

All the best Marika.