- Title: Painted Tales: Nikki De St Phalle - Power
- Date: 27th April 1990
- Summary: IN EACH STORY, A DIFFERENT PAINTING BY A WELL KNOWN ARTIST, EITHER ACTS AS THE TRIGGER FOR THE TALE OR IS WOVEN INTO THE STORY. THIS EPISODE; 'POWER' BY NIKKI DE ST PHALLE. GEORGE IS ERECTING AN OPEN AIR SCULPTURE EXHIBITION OF MYTHOLOGICAL BEASTS AND HURTS HIS BACK WHEN LIFTING A SCULPTURE OF A DRAGON AND HURTS HIS BACK. A SERIES OF LOCAL FIRES AROUSES THEIR CURIOSITY. THE OLD LADY WHISKS GEORGE OFF TO SEE HER FRIEND TO CURE HIS SORE BACK. SHE GIVES HIM A POT OF 'DRAGON' BALM AND INVITES HIM TO LOOK AROUND HER TROPICAL CONSERVATORY. IN WHICH HE MEETS THE NIKI DE ST PHALLE DRAGON WHICH IS VERY MISCHEVIOUS AND WE REALISE HOW THE MYSTERIOUS FIRES WERE CREATED.
- Description:A SERIES OF ANIMATED TALES BASED ON THE ADVENTURES OF CHARACTERS OUT OF FAMOUS PAINTINGS IN AN ART GALLERY TO INTEREST CHILDREN AND ADULTS. ANIMATOR IS KATE CANNING.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:PRODUCTION STUDIO
- Programme Episode:Episode 12
- Transmission Date:27/04/1990
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s