"Swan Lake" by Katerina Koukiotis

Watercolor
completed on 6 x 4 Arches hotpress WC 140lb paper,2011.

Swan Lake,Russian folk tale and greatest classical ballets of all time
It tells the story of Odette, a princess turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer's curse,
and can only regain her human form at night.Spell can be broken by true love.
Prince Siegfried while hunting spots the most beautiful swan with a crown on its head
As he takes aim to shoot, the swan turns into a beautiful woman ,the prince falls in love with
Odette and pledges to help her, but through a spell by the evil sorcerer, he accidentally
proposes to another woman at a party( black swan), believing that the woman is really Odette.
Princess Odette kills herself and throws herself into the lake. The Prince feels terribly sorry and throws himself into the lake with her.
the two are reunited and together in the afterlife.