Hare Inspiration
The image of a white mountain hare stylised with images of creatures was developed from studying Pictish stones, wild animals, flora, fauna and lino cut prints.
Pictish Stones
Photo credit: stu smith on Flickr
The Maiden Stone, Near Inverurie
Further inspiration came from Albrecht Dürer’s watercolour hare and Mark Herald’s collage hare.
Watercolour Hare
Hare, a 1502 watercolour by Albrecht Dürer has realistic glassy eyes. This watercolour inspired me to make my design of the hare as close to life as possible.
Hare By Albrecht Dürer - Creative Commons File Google Arts Culture
Collage Hare
After I had submitted my Pictish Hare entry for the The Big Hop Trail competition, The Scottish Gallery held a exhibition of Mark Herald's artwork prints and ceramics called A Flight of Fancy. It was wonderful!
I entered the poetry competition on the subject of hares to see if I could win an original collage he created of a hare.
You can read my submitted poem, Ode to a Hare here.
Alas, I did not win the competition. The winning entry was ‘The Hare’ by Kathryn Sclater written in an Orcadian dialect.
Listen to Kathyrn’s poem and you’ll see how she captures the joy of witnessing its movement and vitality.
The Mark Hearld Christmas Hare Collage for The Scottish Gallery and winning poem, The Hare by Kathryn Sclater!
