"I've been meaning to do this image for a long time. In fact, I've been wanting to do it since I was a little kid, after seeing a great cartoon version of it. I have sketches of it from throughout my fine art career.
"If you look beyond the surface, it's one of the more romantic poems in children's literature and that's the mood I wanted to reflect. I tried to make them look like they are in love, and it was fun to play around with the nighttime light sources."
