Sometimes when I’m creating characters for a larger collage piece or diorama I like to imagine the arc of the lives of those characters and what they are doing, who they are with outside of that particular frozen moment of time. Sometimes I will play around and sketch or paint ideas of these creature’s extended family trees, their relatives, their triumphs, romances, tragedies and other elements of their fairytale stories. 
 
Here we have Aunt Peony Rabbit. Aunt Peony is a classy go-getter of a bunny. 
When she was a young bunny she developed a new method for spinning rabbit wool which she then knit into abstract patterns and created fiber art sweaters for her friends. Over the years Peony has used her impeccable sense of taste and artistry to develop her own line of stylish winter knits. These fashions are very sought after by a variety of Northwoods creatures, both for their warmth and beauty.
 
This piece makes use of remnant art paper used in larger diorama/ collage/ paper doll projects and uses techniques of drawing with colored pencil, pen and thread.