Though it may not seem like it, I have been in a creative mode lately. This has not been represented on this site, but hopefully I can correct that this year.
For my birthday I was given a pack of art cards. Little blank pieces of watercolor paper, the size of bubblegum trading cards. They were sweet, portable, and blank. They could be anything, and I had no preconceived notion of what I would do with them. I started playing around with colors, and ended up with some cards like this –
And then, after a few different landscapes, life began to spring into the landscapes –
Then one day, I had what was clearly a seascape, and yet something was missing. I added a boat, and before I knew it, there was a tiger in the boat.
The first Life of Pi series, Richard Parker played by a tiger
For those of you who have missed the book or movie, The Life of Pi, the boat is occupied by a tiger named Richard Parker
Life of Pi Series - Richard Parker played by a Tiger
The next thing I knew, other beings were occupying the boat. With every new painting, I would add the boat first, and then the occupant would just arrive. Here are the first few installments in the
Life of Pi Series:
Life of Pi series, Richard Parker played by an Elephant
Life of Pi Series - Richard Parker played by a Rhinoceros
Life of Pi Series - Richard Parker played by a Zebra
Life of Pi Series - Richard Parker played by a Meerkat
I hope you have enjoyed this first installment. As I said, it is amazing how easy it is to become obsessed, and there are many more boats to come.
