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"Briar Rose" by Maerianne Morrison

SF&F Picture 5 out of 47 by Maerianne Morrison

SciFi and Fantasy Art Briar Rose by Maerianne Morrison

This illustration, based on the brother Grimm's fairy tale, Briar Rose (also more commonly know as Disney's Sleeping Beauty)shows the princess after she pricked her finger on the spindle, and has fallen into her cursed magical 100-year sleep, as the thorn rose-bushes consume her castle.

Originally in the tale, the king upon the birth of his daughter, Briar Rose wishes to invite the 13 wise-women of the town to a dinner held in his daughter's honor. Unfortunaly, he only has 12 golden plates with which to honor them, so he doesn't invite one of them, thinking she would not notice. 11 of the wise women who show up bless the child with many things, Beauty, Obideince, Compassion, ect. Then the thirteen wise-women comes in uninvited and annouces that Rose shall prick her finger on the spindle and die on her 15th birthday. The last wise-women who has not yet bestowed her gift, changes the curse (for such an evil curse could not be completely un-done) to have the princess fall into a deep 100 year sleep to be awoken by a prince, which she will marry.

Of course, even thought the King orders every spindle in the kingdom to be broken and burned, Rose managed to find one on her 15th birthday and pricks her finger, setting the curse in motion.

Here, Briar Rose sleeps, awaiting her prince charming.

Pencil and ink, 120lb paper.

Date	Name	Comment
16 Aug 2004	Anonymous	Loading... So much detail; it looks real. I almost expect her to wake up and yawn.
30 Aug 2004	Froggy	Loading... woow. I wish i could draw like that..sniff but it is not possible.
16 Jan 2005	Patrick B. Boyle	Loading... The detail and shading in this picture is just amazing.This is a nice change of pace for this story as most people are more familiar with the Disney look of this tale.Great work!!
12 Feb 2006	Stephanie S. K. Marbach	Loading... Nice shading!
1 Mar 2006	Sarah T.	Loading... WOWERS!!!! This pic is absolutly my kind of love fantasy!!! I SO LOVE YOUR PICS!!! draw more! draw lots!!!!
25 May 2006	Rachael	Loading... So simple yet so detailed. applauds
18 Feb 2007	Tallie	Loading... So simple and yet so moving
4 Apr 2008	Aimee	Loading... I don’t even have to say that she’s beautiful. She’s Sleeping Beauty, right? The most beautiful person in the world. Love it at the end of Grimm’s version when the prince says "who cares if all the briar roses have died? I have my own Briar Rose, who is the fairest of them all." Lovely drawing.
9 Apr 2008	Anon.	Loading... YAY finally some1 who knows the original version of the story and not just the disney one
3 Jun 2008	Aimee	Loading... You know, even though the Grimms is one version of the story, it’s not the oldest one. There was a version by Charles Perrault in 1697, called The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods. This was the first version to use ’Sleeping Beauty’ in the title. And there were versions even before that. The Grimms were the first to use the kiss though. If y’all want to read about the other versions, try looking at SurLaLune Fairy Tales. It’s a website where Heidi Anne Hiemer tells the origins of popular fairytales. -www.surlalunefairytales.com
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