Watercolor
2013
16 3/4″x7 1/4″

On the steppes and in the woods of the north live the Trepaks, constructed similarly to pose-able toys with candy cane striped skin. They also wear pale grey/blue-green coats and live in houses with doors of glass. They are different from the other inhabitants of the lands; not quite organic. Some say that they are the embodiment of happiness, that each one contains a box within them in which happy memories reside to produce the energy to animate them.