6 x 6 in.

So, I made my usual trip to a local farmer’s market today, and this Sunday I decided to stop by the little petting zoo/pony rides that they set up at the market every so often.

I watched all the animals crowd around the green hey they were having for breakfast, you know before they went 'on'. It’s like they were getting ready for their performance/socializing time. Having a little breakfast, getting a drink of water, taking out any pent up aggression {that would be the one goat who had horns accompanied by an intense need to be the only one eating the hey} And by animals, I mean sheep, lambs, goats, chickens, ducks, one little pig and bunnies! You know I’m all about the bunnies these days...it must be the 'year of the rabbit' influencing me. 

Seriously, I loved watching all of them interact.  I could’ve stood their for hours. Seeing as how animals are often the main subject of my work, I also could’ve painted at least ten paintings inspired by what I observed, one of which was this tiny white bunny that had to be very cautious not to get caught up in the shenanigans and very often ended up sitting towards the edge of the pen to get a little sunshine. 

Out of all the photos I tried taking with the Iphone {animals are so hard to photograph when they are moving around, which is almost constantly- why don’t they know how to pose?} this bunny was my favorite. I posted it to my Instamatic stream and someone commented that it was a 'lucky rabbit' and I thought maybe so? The painting is my afternoon expression of the photo I took this morning.

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