I love this print by German artist Andrea Offermann but since I don’t have any place to hang it I’m having trouble justifying the cost of buying it and getting it framed.
Andrea originally attended medical school in Germany for a few years before deciding to switch to a career as an artist. Besides creating fine art she contributed to volume four of the comics anthology Flight
I discovered Andrea’s work through Tiny Showcase but all of her prints there have sold out before I found out about them. Sigh.
In particular I regret not getting a print of the above piece while I had that chance. I love the fairy-tale/historical style of the piece and the delicate details like how the ladies’ gowns fan out like seashells in the water. Andrea describes the piece as follows:
This is a mixture of fable and truth. People used to believe that if a virgin touched a unicorn, she would find true love. The horns that people believed were from unicorns were really from narwhales. In 1711 a narwhale swam up a river all the way to Hamburg.
Isn’t that great?
I don’t know if anyone will put out another edition of the narwhal print, but maybe once I finish organizing my office I’ll find the perfect spot for “Pink Elephants.” I’m crossing my fingers.
I like that narwhale/unicorn print. That's very cool.
I love the pink elephants–so creative.