"Fjärilsvännen" Acrylic on canvas. Size 30 x 30 x 3.8 cm. Since the edge is also painted, the painting can be hung without a frame.
 
 As a child I got a storybook with Hans Christian Andersen's wonderful fairy tales and Tummelisa was, and still is, my absolute favorite. This painting is inspired by the piece where Tummelisa meets her butterfly friend (in Swedish, fjärilsvän), and floats away into the world on a water lily leaf. I painted Tummelisa herself with a portrait of my mother as a child as a role model. On the portrait, mother is probably as old as the painting's Tummelisa, and she has the cutest blue dress with white dots on it. I hope this painting ends up in a children's room with a little girl or boy who will also be able to listen to Hans Christian Andersen's wonderful tales.
 
The painting is available for viewing in Jönköping and is delivered without a frame and hanging device.