After a period of intense collaging Paula returned to a basic more direct method of acrylic paint on paper. Prompted by Vic's story about a toy theatre he had as a child in which there were only 3 characters-a monkey, a bear, and a one-eared dog. The idea of the theatre combined with the antics of a married couple in a popular cartoon strip inspired the series of paintings which had family troubles and lovers' triangles as it's theme. The cast in these pictures come pretty directly from the toy theatre with a female human added. In the little scenes which are loaded with a dark sort of humor the monkey moves from a position of dominance to defeat and then to humiliation at the hands of his victim turned tyrant wife.
