The Three Princesses

100 x 100 x 4cm / 39.3 x 39.3 x 2″
Acrylic on canvas
The sides of the paintings are finished in gold enamel

This painting is available from StART Art Korea, Seoul

The Three Princesses

Once there was a king who had three daughters.  All three of the princesses were gentle, noble and beautiful.  But of the three the youngest was regarded by all as the loveliest in the land.
One moonlit night the three princesses climbed a small hill behind their father’s castle to view the beautiful moon.  Suddenly, a huge eagle swept down as if from nowhere and, in a flash, snatched the three princesses up in its giant talons.  Then it rose into the air and disappeared with the princesses.  The whole castle was thrown into turmoil.  The king immediately sent out his soldiers to proclaim throughout the land that anyone who succeeded in saving the three princesses would be given half of his kingdom and his youngest and most beautiful daughter in marriage.  What follows is an adventure by a young warrior into the Land-below-the-earth to save the princesses from the terrible ogre who lived there.