Searching for the truth of Little Red Riding Hood

Kurt introduced me to a great little interview on NPR. Were the Brothers Grimm Helped by Sisters? Valerie Paradiz.

This weeks artists to know about.
Josh Goshfield
Marshall Arisman
Milton Glaser

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I have had to resort back to making lists of tasks to complete on a daily basis. If I don't, I won't get the painting done, the drawings, or even simpler tasks of drawing and exploring my ideas not only for thesis, but for other homework.

Some of the things I have been thinking about regarding Red Riding Hood:
• Innocense
• The deception
• Sacrament. Based on some of the other iterations of the Little Red Riding Hood story. Look here to find the stories translated from Italian and French.
• Intuition of danger
• Canibalism

Questions:
Where is Red's father?
Was she raised by women scorned?
In this tale, is it believed that all men are bad and not to be believed?

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I bet an Indian Bolliwood musical has already been made from this story. That would be quite the site to see. A dance and huge production made from such a simple, classic story.

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As I am thinking about the story, I am quite attracted to Carnivale. It's a beautifully written story. If you look on the website you can track back to how they made some of the scenes, some of the story bording ideas and other pictures of interest.

I suspect that this theme will continue to inform my work in the future.

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Advice from Kurt.

Stick to the story in it's purest form. Do not ellaborate so much. Keep my facts straight.

Since the story is dealing with personal views, I must remember to keep the story observational. As I paint and create works based off of the paintings like books, much about my experiences can be revealed if you know how to read them.

I started thinking about variations on the story... how the story might relate to aspects of my own life. I was looking for a way to characterize the paintings as well. I am already envisioning the finished work without enough research so I need to back up a bit and continue my reading.

We discussed telling the story from the view point of each character. I could then render the paintings from the view point of each character as well.

I am considering using weather patterns to help illustrate the story as well. For example, the wolf would be partially symbolized by a storm. I may carve some of those symbols into the masonite, then paint over it.. so you could only see those symbols if you looked closely at the painting. From far away, it would look like a traditional painting.

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Items from the story that carry strong symbolism with them

The teeth (from the grandmother)
blood
red
innocense
forrest
play
meat
cape

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Finally,
I must create the life before I can crerate the images and the look of the pieces I would like to make in reality.