Robobear, Ink on Paper, 76" x 76",2000 | | ![](new%20images/thumbnails/robodetailA.jpg) | ![](new%20images/thumbnails/robobeardetailB.jpg) | Wounded Union, Ink on paper, 80"x 80", 2001 | | ![](new%20images/thumbnails/woundeduniondetailA.jpg) | ![](new%20images/thumbnails/woundeduniondetailB.jpg) | Hydra the Prestidigitator, Ink on paper, 80"x'80",2000 | | ![](new%20images/thumbnails/hydradetA.jpg) | ![](new%20images/thumbnails/hydradetB.jpg) | Trip Trap, Ink on paper, 80"x128", 2001 | | ![](new%20images/thumbnails/triptrapdetA.jpg) | ![](new%20images/thumbnails/triptrapdetB.jpg) | Mythologizing Back, Ink on paper, 51"x80",2001 | | ![](new%20images/thumbnails/mythologizingdetA.jpg) | ![](new%20images/thumbnails/mythologizingdetB.jpg) | Battle, Ink on paper, 76"x80",1999 | | ![](new%20images/thumbnails/battledetailA.jpg) | ![](new%20images/thumbnails/battledetB-.jpg) | Night Snakes,Ink on paper, 76"x80",1999 | | ![](oldslidejpegs/thumbs/nightsnakedet1thumb.jpg) | ![](oldslidejpegs/thumbs/nightsnakedet2thumb.jpg) | Snake Hunt,Ink on paper,76"x76",1998 | | ![](new%20images/thumbnails/snakehuntdetA.jpg) | ![](new%20images/thumbnails/snakehuntdetB.jpg) | | Samantha Simpson, Trip Trap, ink on paper, 6'6"x10'6", 2001 The Snake Cycle is a series of paintings on paper that were made from 1998 to 2001. Selected pieces are on view on this website- click the images at left or above for larger images. Trip Trap, above, shows bear/mouse characters setting and stumbling over an elaborate trap. The characters in Wounded Union, right, are coddling and repairing a snake. Snake Hunt, below, is based on a 15th century medieval tapestry that uses a rabbit hunt as a courtship metaphor. |