A series of illustrations for Mervyn Peake's poem "The Frivolous Cake"
designed as a picture book
245x210 mm
Watercolor, wax pastel, colored pencils, digital processing.
Watercolor, wax pastel, colored pencils, digital processing.
This is one of my favorite poems - the story of a knife fish chasing a frivolous cake across the endless sea.
As always with Peake, this brings up an important idea for me - just because the world is meaningless doesn't mean it isn't beautiful. I wanted to convey this ode to the absurd through pictures.
As always with Peake, this brings up an important idea for me - just because the world is meaningless doesn't mean it isn't beautiful. I wanted to convey this ode to the absurd through pictures.
Let's imagine what the book the young countess reads in "Titus Groan" might look like!
Thank you for watching! 🐟
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