Six of Cups

Title:	Six of Cups
Genre:	Fantasy
Mediums:	Acrylic
For Sale:	NFS
Views:	1062
Posted:	11/28/2016
Status:	Unpublished

Projects: She has contributed artwork to five collaborative tarot decks, and successfully funded six Kickstarter campaigns to publish her annual Literary Cats Calendar.  She is currently working on a tarot deck and companion illustrated storybook.

Location: Maryland, USA

The &ldquo Six of Cups&rdquo is an acrylic painting on canvas, measuring 16&Prime x20&Prime . It is my contribution to the 78Tarot project&rsquo s 3rd Tarot deck, published in 2016. My card, &ldquo Six of Cups&rdquo , represents childhood innocence and nostalgia. The card is traditionally depicted with two children playing together in a courtyard, surrounded by golden cups holding white flowers. The buildings in the background are symbols for security and safety, and the barren ground implies lost happiness from the past. My main character is a Bengal kitty, who works as a circus performer, and is sitting at her dressing room mirror. Through the mirror&rsquo s reflection, she is watching a group of children being entertained by a juggling clown, which likely triggers memories of her own childhood experiences with the circus, perhaps reminding her of why she chose this profession. On her vanity are vintage photographs of her loved ones, and a letter is lying open beside her. One of the six cups is acting as a vase to hold a bouquet of white flowers. Seventy eight artists from around the world collaborated together on the 78Tarot project we were each assigned one card, with the freedom to interpret the Carnival/Circus theme in our own style.