Despair (1995)

7" x 7" watercolor on board

Despair was painted for the collectible card game Tempest of the Gods.

I loved painting for the game Tempest of the Gods. The art directors were incredibly easy and pleasant to work with and it made the entire experience pure joy. By and large many of these images are pretty strong despite having such a tight deadline to complete them. I only had one day for each card, or at the very most, two. The idea here was that she is in deep despair even though it is clearly a beautiful day. When my little sister saw this she said, "Oh, she must not like sunshine and butterflies!"