“Sit quietly, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself.”  Zen saying

With spring comes hope and eggs and rabbits. This series begins with a childhood drawing of a rabbit hauling an Easter egg in a wagon. Then there’s a wool tweed rabbit from a 1986 piece called “Picking Peas” (see on earlier post) and a painted faux tile that’s in my kitchen. See all the faux tiles in another post here. A rabbit tucked in bed from my book, In the Heart, comes next. Two projects from Felt Wee Folk appear; a felt pin made with a rabbit button and an appliqued felt purse.

crayon drawing by Salley, age 6

detail from “Picking Peas” 1986

faux tile 1993

detail from “In the Heart” 2001

felt pin from “Felt Wee Folk” 2003

felt purse from “Felt Wee Folk” 2003

Note: See other posts in the Close-ups series archive here.