Curiosity

My first pastel piece since kindergarden turned out just fine. I continued with my "virtue/vice" series and went with Curiosity. This cute little cat (that EVERYONE thinks is a bloody rabbit) sits perched upon a brick wall, washing his paw after...a kill perhaps? Or maybe he's settling down for a nap. I don't know. I just know that he has found some happy medium of happiness. I have a smaller backstory for this young lad.

A man lived in an old, abandoned church that was fashioned later on into a laboratory focusing on gene splicing and DNA research. The professor (we'll call him) was working on a method of combining two unlike creatures and creating a hybrid. His findings were successful with birds and rats...but he wanted more.

One night, he was working late and grew tired. He heard a strange sound in the lab. Him, being curious, walked into the lab...tired and mindless. A cat had somehow gotten into the lab through a crack in the wall. Probably chasing a rat. He picked up the cat, but he knew not of where he stood. He was standing directly in the crosshairs of his machine.

The cat's eyes fumed with strange happiness. One of the monstrous rat/birds tripped the switch of the machine and...

the man was hit.

And thus, he is who he now is. For being too curious, he became a victim of his own experiment.

So that's his story.

I like the colors and Coach Stephenson said my masonry skills were superb. I also love the dreamy feel of the piece...but it seems way too loose...even for my standards.

I really like this piece, but...yea...I don't think/know it's not my best.

Comments wanted/appreciated.