About Sloth Tarot

Sloth Tarot started in 2019 as an art project. I wanted an initiative that would help me cultivate a daily practice of painting. I paint animals almost exclusively, and I chose sloths as the subject matter because they are undeniably cute and their humanoid shape is made for anthropomorphism. Indirectly but no-less-important, it was also intended to shine a light on rainforest species that are threatened by deforestation, degradation of habitat and illegal trafficking.

My methodology was to pull a random card, interpret the card and paint. The project continued through the pandemic, the shut down, and the insurrection. Undeniably the zeitgeist of those events are captured many of the cards. I would each card as I finished them to instagram often reflecting what was happening at the time.

Each original painting is 7”x 9” in size gouache on paper.

Sloth Tarot Guide

Swords

Wands

Cups

Pentacles