Smoke And Mirrors

Here's number five in the Brothers Grimm series, my version of the story of Snow White, only I have of course chosen to illustrate the character of the Wicked Queen, here modeled after ~auralis-stock holding the freshly enchanted poison apple in her castle keep, created from a photo by ~black-heaven-stock. Somehow when I think of Snow White, she's the character that stands out the most to me. She represents very strongly the concepts of vanity and jealousy for me, two of the many demons that can live within the human heart, and her unfortunate fate is a lesson to those of us who would let these forces take control of our lives and dictate our actions. Again, you aren't seeing the Disney version of the Wicked Queen. You're seeing her the way I have always seen her. I always think of her as being very beautiful, but in a cold and icy sort of way. I also imagine her looking very similar in coloring to Snow White herself, the person of whom she was so jealous, because somehow I think they represent opposite sides of the same coin.... the very innocent and the very corrupt. Other images used in creating this piece from clipart.com.