dark-blue illustration inspired by hans christian andersen's little mermaid : domes of an ancient city among dark deep rocks in the sea

"In the deepest spot of all, stands the castle of the Sea King. Its walls are built of coral, and the long, gothic windows are of the clearest amber. The roof is formed of shells, that open and close as the water flows over them."

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dark blue illustration inspired by hans christian andersen's little mermaid : jellyfishes under an ancient ornamented cupola

"Far out in the ocean, where the water is as blue as the prettiest cornflower, and as clear as crystal, it is very, very deep; so deep, indeed, that no cable could fathom it: many church steeples, piled one upon another, would not reach from the ground beneath to the surface of the water above."

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dark-blue illustration inspired by hans christian andersen's little mermaid, representing an old painting of the sea king and his wife

"The Sea King had been a widower for many years (...)"

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dark blue illustration inspired by hans christian andersen's little mermaid : striped fishes swimming along an ornamented portal towards the shadow of a ship at the surface of the sea

"When something like a black cloud passed between her and (the moon and stars), she knew that it was either a whale swimming over her head, or a ship full of human beings, who never imagined that a pretty little mermaid was standing beneath them, holding out her white hands towards the keel of their ship."

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dark-blue illustration inspired by hans christian andersen's little mermaid, representing an old painting of the sea king's daughters

The Sea King's daughters

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Selection from a series of pictures (2010-2021) inspired by The Little Mermaid (Hans Christian Andersen, 1837)

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