Petr's Book/John's Entry

Petr's sketchbook went on a journey with me, traveling some 4,080 kilometers into the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, visiting Grand Turk, Puerto Rico, St. Martin, and the Bahamas. In the end, after thinking through several concepts involving forest animals, trees and human faces, I was ultimately inspired by the waters I traversed. I sketched this while sitting in the ship's library one afternoon at sea somewhere between St. Martin and the Bahamas. These tarpon fish, with their big black eyes, seemed to fit the theme. Petr's raindrops continue into the scene, becoming tiny fish in the background.

Stephanie's Book / Petr's Entry

When I got Steph's book in my mailbox I was shivering with excitement ... what's her theme gonna be? Found out that the piece she uploaded to our blog earlier is her actual starting point and that really got me happy! Across these various exchanges I'm in I often take a lot of time to craft my responses in great detail and conceptualize my thinking behind it beforehand and so I welcome opportunities to simply go with the flow...


Steph's piece is featuring a dominant motif of a hand - and I knew that a hand will be my starting point too - I opened a newspaper the same day I made this spontaneous decision and there's a photograph featuring a hand holding a camera right in front of me - I cut it out and stuck it in. I avoid taking photos with flash as much as I can - and that's how the flesh made it in ... and the rest simply happened without me having the ability to really explain any of it.