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Snow scene
Prismacolor colored pencils on paper, 8.5" x 8.3"
"As to the trees in the open air, no one would ever think of looking for the tiniest bud for more than a month yet. The old man had not been waiting very long before he saw a cloud of dust in the far distance, and knew that it must be the procession of the Daimio. On they came, every man dressed in his finest clothes, and the crowd that was lining the road bowed their faces to the ground as they went by. Only the old man did not bow himself, and the great lord saw this, and bade one of his courtiers, in anger, go and inquire why he had disobeyed the ancient customs. But before the messenger could reach him the old man had climbed the nearest tree and scattered his ashes far and wide, and in an instant the white flowers had flashed into life, and the heart of the Daimio rejoiced[.]"
-Andrew Lang, The Envious Neighbor, based on the Japanese tale Hanasaka Jiisan
*Plus $1 shipping in U.S. Printed on
archival paper with archival ink. Virginia residents add 5% sales tax to
purchase. Original in the private collection of RAK.
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