Carousel

Carousel
From the Lost Drawings Series by Peter Bogdanov
Ink and colored pencil on recycled sketch paper
Hold on tight—“Carousel” doesn’t just spin, it whirls. In this delightfully off-kilter drawing, Peter Bogdanov lets his imagination run in circles—literally. Created during his art school years, the piece captures a childhood dream filtered through a young artist’s restless hand: part merry-go-round, part mechanical oddity, and entirely alive.
The horses don’t just prance—they lurch. The structure sways like it’s had one too many spins, and the perspective is just skewed enough to feel like you're inside a memory that never sat quite right. Rendered in quick ink lines and playful bursts of colored pencil, the carousel seems to creak and giggle as it turns. There's charm, yes—but also the tiniest hint of unease, like the ride might not stop when it’s supposed to.
Bogdanov, even as a student, was a master at walking the line between delight and distortion. “Carousel” is a perfect example—where innocence gets a twist, and nostalgia comes with a crooked grin. It’s a visual loop: the joy of motion, the absurdity of repetition, the dizzying dance of time.
The original drawing was lost in the 2024 double hurricane that devastated Bogdanov’s Florida archive. Only this scan remains—a flash of spinning joy, salvaged from the storm.
To collect “Carousel” is to step onto a ride built from memory, whimsy, and just a touch of madness. There’s no ticket taker, no off switch—just the eternal turn of imagination.