watercolour and ink on paper
Amoral Tales
Short graphic stories based on ideas in Aesop's fables often keeping the animal heads but usually with nude figures suggesting alternative amoral versions of the moral tales. A workshop of ideas to be brought together. Let me know what you think about them and if you think I should neaten these drawings into a collection.
Amoral
Welcome to the house of masks, an exploration of hedonism and failure through the...
On tyranny and excuses
THE WOLF AND THE LAMB
/ˈtɪrəni/
cruel and oppressive government...
On deception and gullibility
THE THEIF AND THE INNKEEPER
/dɪˈsɛpʃn/
the action...
The Fisher
Fisher went sailing on the lake
Playing the bagpipes
Saying: the fish will dance...
The Lioness
There was clamour and boasting amongst all the beast.
Claiming their worth by the...
The Dancing Monkeys
Prince trained Monkeys to dance;
He dressed them in fine flowing clothes;
And...
On clothing notoriety
THE WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING
/ˈkləʊðɪŋ/
clothes collectively:...
The Seaside Travellers
TRAVELLERS travelled along the seashore,
Climbed up a tall cliff to...
The Mule
One Sunday after dinner with nothing to do
MULE frolicked and pranced
Saying my...
The Man and the Satyr
MAN and SATYR shared a drink
And another
After a third they decided to be...
On familiarity and content
THE FOX AND THE LION
/fəˌmɪlɪˈarɪti/
close acquaintance with or...
BOY Hunting LOCUSTS
BOY hunting LOCUSTS
BOY had a goodly haul
BOY saw the best of all
BOY...
The Raven and the Swan
RAVEN lusted for SWAN
Floating in the pond
With dazzling white...
On fairness and equality
THE KINGDOM OF THE LION
/ˈfɛːnəs/
impartial and just treatment or...
Father and Sons
Everyday they would argue
Bicker and squabble
One against three, two against...
On vacuous magnificence
THE FOX AND THE MASK
/ˈvakjʊəs/
having or showing a lack of thought or...
On looking and leaping
THE FOX AND THE GOAT
/ˈlʊkɪŋ/
having a specified appearance:"a...
On steady and race
THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE
steady
/ˈstɛdi/
firmly fixed, supported, or...
On death and respect
THE BEAR AND THE FOX
/dɛθ/
the action or fact of dying or being killed; the...
The SWALLOW and the CROW
SWALLOW was a flutter and a flaunt
Saying: Beauty and Grace, my natural...
The FLIES and the HONEY-POT
These are the FLIES
This is the HONEY
Oh dear, the HONEY undone
And,...
The MAN and the LION
MAN and LION, another night in the forest
Boasting of strength and...
FARMER and the CRANES
The CRANES are in the field
And FARMER chases them away.
Oh look, the CRANES...
CAT and VENUS
CAT fell in love with a beautiful youngster
So CAT fell at the feet of...
OXEN and AXLETREE
The WAGON was laden and heavily pre-loaded
And OXEN was strong, industrious and...
Thirsty PIGEON
Fucking hell, PIGEON needed a drink
PIGEON saw the sign and flew to it
With...
GOATHERD and GOAT
You've heard this story before
GOATHERD watching the GOATS
A lazy, leery eye...
MISER
MISER invested everything in a gold bar: beautiful naked gold
MISER buried it in...
On cunning and connivance
THE SICK LION
/ˈkʌnɪŋ/
having or showing skill in achieving one's ends...
On choices of the lithe
THE LAMB AND THE WOLF
/tʃɔɪs/
an act of choosing between two or more...
On the conceit of the boast
THE WOLF AND THE FOX
/kənˈsiːt/
excessive pride in oneself: "he was...
On righteous entitlement
THE WOLF AND THE LION
/ˈrʌɪtʃəs/
morally right or justifiable:...
On counting and costs
THE HARES AND THE FOXES
counting
/ˈkaʊntɪŋ/
taking account of when reaching...
On words and teeth
THE HARES AND THE LIONS
words
/wəːd/
a single distinct meaningful element of...
From Hare and the Hound
No HARE in the lair, run HARE run
Run run HARE run rabbit run
Run HOUND,...
Amoral
Welcome to the house of masks, an exploration of hedonism and failure through the...
