Pirates Cave (Five of Wands)

Title:	Pirates Cave (Five of Wands)
Genre:	Fantasy
Mediums:	Acrylic
For Sale:	NFS
Views:	1261
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Status:	Unpublished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

Seventy eight artists from around the world collaborated together to publish our 2nd Tarot deck with 78Tarot:Nautical. We were each assigned one card, and had total freedom to interpret the Nautical theme in our own style. My card, &ldquo Five of Wands&rdquo , represents competition and disagreement. Usually portrayed as five figures in mock combat with staffs, they aren&rsquo t necessarily trying to hurt each other, but each wants to be in charge. This card implies there are &ldquo too many chiefs&rdquo , differing viewpoints, a lack of cooperation, a dysfunctional team&hellip and there is usually a goal at stake (i.e. &ldquo going for the gold&rdquo ). As our Tarot theme was Nautical, I decided to paint a band of pirate kitties on a quest to find buried treasure. They are successful, but gold-lust takes over as they attempt to divide the spoils. Each pirate believes he deserves the biggest share! I chose to show them brandishing torches, because the suit of wands in Tarot is represented by the element of fire. :)