Little Match Girl

Acrylic on board.

41 x 39 cm

Turns out the Little Match Girl didn’t die needlessly whilst trying to sell matches for her family. At the very last minute a particularly stressed pig, Percival the architect, begged her to sell all her matches so he could finish a scale model of a castle he’d designed for the Queen of Hearts. He was so grateful that he paid £100, which, in the long ago days, was exactly what she needed to set up LMG matches. One year on it’s a thriving business and Percival is a regular guest at family meals.