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The original fairytale, ‘From Swine to Man’ was by the 16th century Italian writer, Giovanni Francesco Straparola. The full sequence of stories is reminiscent, according to Tom Rosenthal, of The Canterbury Tales, and is a reworking of Boccaccio. The best known of the stories is the immortal ‘Puss in Boots’. Paula was a voracious reader of folk stories and fairytales. Stories and models always triggered her imagination. In return, many writers have used Paula’s pictures for book jackets or illustrations. I plan to publish my own group of short stories for which she made illustrations including ‘The Little Mermaid’

from 2018 which is in this show.