Snow Queen Tie ocean underworld Itmarks the beginning of spring

Itmarks the beginning of spring

in reference to the Rosary and to the sweetness of her maternal care

1916 Rising

A pivotal point in Irish history and a denning moment in the fight for freedom of expression

Snow Queen Tie ocean underworld Itmarks the beginning of springThe Snow Queen print is inspired by my muse Harry Clarke's illustration for the fairytale collection from 1916 author Hans Christian Andersen. The Snow queen ia a story of good triumphing over evil. It tells the tale of the queen of the snowflakes or "snow bees", who travels throughout the world with the snow. She takes a boy called Kai back to her palace after he has fallen victim to the splinters of an evil troll mirror. His good friend Gerda comes