Acrylic Paintings
2004 Four signed, numbered acrylic presentations of Aesop’s Fables by Robert Thomas Robie, Walla Walla, WA. Matted. 6.8" x 9" image; 8.5" x 11" paper. From EBSQ book of fables? Unknown source.
The four have wonderfully vivid coloring. I have not been able to find – or even to find out more about – the EBSQ edition of fables.
The Bear and the Foxes (#01/75)
A Bear was bragging about his generous feelings; he claimed to be so humane that he would not touch a dead body. The fox (usually singular) answered that he wished the bear when hungry would avoid the living and concentrate only on the dead.
The Eagle and the Tortoise (#01/75)
Maybe the most dramatic of the foursome. The eagle disdained the tortoise’s repeated wishes that he could fly – and then gave him an experience of flying. He released him in mid-air.
The Lion and the Mouse (#01/75)
The presentation suggests the intimacy of the new friends, even while the mouse is at work gnawing on the rope.
The Peacock and the Crane (#01/75?)
The peacock boasts of its beauty, but the crane answers that it can fly. Vivid coloring!