Artist Trading Cards Safari

Look carefully as if you are walking through the grasslands of eastern
Africa on safari. You may notice that there is something back in there!
It's a tissue paper skin of a leopard! Keep your eyes open while on
Safari. The grass is drawn with gel pens and  markers.
ATCs by Phillip Hoyle 2016

Last Saturday I traded ATCs at CORE New Art Space in the monthly trade there. The theme Safari intrigued me. I didn’t care to picture high power rifles or over-proud hunters. I opted for something visual, a representation of what one might see in the grass or jungle if one’s safari eyes were properly trained and alert.

I made nine cards with different products. Perhaps they are as varied as the actual grasses of the broad plains of eastern Africa. I also made cards with trees, particularly Acacia and Baobab trees. 

These grasses were made from a commercial handmade green paper with
leaf and twig pieces in it. I drew with pens and cut holes to reveal that
a leopard may be lurking there to surprise you.
ATCs by Phillip Hoyle 2016

Denver, 2016