Monday Art Challenge

"Rabbit Malarkey" - pen and ink on watercolor paper, 16" x 12".  Ready for framing.

It's spring!  And the rains have begun here in south Florida.  Overnight, everything is blooming and green.  Also, I learned that fall and spring happen simultaneously here...the leaves come down as the new buds force them off.  We have mounds of leaves mixed with pollen everywhere!

This piece was begun during "Hare-Do!", a ridiculous rabbit doodling class I taught at Ciel Gallery last month.  With the arrival of spring, it was time to complete this project.  And these rabbits did not disappoint!  Silliness and mischief all in one.  These two make me smile.

During the class, students shared their rabbit stories.  And let me tell you, some of them were HARE-RAISING!  To protect the guilty, I will not repeat those stories here.  However, one of the students is a bunny owner, and I have since been delighted with the photos of her rabbit riding safely harnessed in a stroller. How adorable!  The perfect mascot for spring cuteness and irresistible charm.  Now, if only her bunny were wearing a bowtie...