Running Hare

See also the previous posts:
• Stained Glass Hare
• Wild and Clever, Bold and Free

Image: Artist unknown.

Winter Hare

~ Artwork by D.Coble

See also the previous posts:
• Winter Hare ~ 2023 | 2020 | 2017 | 2016 | 2014 | 2011
• Hares in Winter
• Wintry Scene
• Sub-Zero
• In Winter Field
• Winter's Herald
• Snow Is in the Air
• Across Winter Fields
• The Winter King
• In the Winter Garden
• Winter Rest
• Hare in Snow
• The Promise of Imbolc

A Time of Descent and Rest

~ Artwork by Jane Keay

The winter solstice time is no longer celebrated as it once was, with the understanding that this is a period of descent and rest, of going within our homes, within ourselves and taking in all that we have been through, all that has passed in this full year which is coming to a close. Like nature and the animal kingdom around us, this time of hibernation is so necessary for our tired limbs, our burdened minds.

Our modern culture teaches avoidance at a max at this time – alcohol, lights, shopping, overworking, overspending, comfort food and consumerism.

And yet the natural tug to go inwards as nearly all creatures are doing is strong, and the weather so bitter that people are left feeling that winter is hard, because for those of us without burning fires and big festive families, it can be lonely and isolating.

Whereas in actual fact, winter is kind; she points us in her quiet soft way towards our inner self, towards this annual time of peace and reflection, embracing the darkness and forgiving, accepting and loving, embracing goodbye to the past year.

“Winter takes away the distractions, the buzz, and presents us with the perfect time to rest and withdraw into a womb like love, bringing fire and light to our hearth.”

. . . And then, just around the corner, the new year will begin again. And like a seed planted deep in the earth, we will all rise once again with renewed energy to dance in the sunlight.

Life is a gift.

Happy winter to you all.

~ Brigit Anna McNeill

See also the previous posts:
• Winter Solstice
• Let the Spiral Turn and Turn
• Winter Solstice Blessing
• Honoring the Darkness While Remembering the Light
• Happy Winter Solstice
• Light-Bearer
• Sol Invictus
• The Return of the Sun
• Winter Hare

Image: Jane Keay.

Autumn Hare

Image: Clare O’Neill.

See also the previous posts:
• Autumn: By Far the Most Paradoxical Season
• A Time of Transformation
• Autumn Hare 2008 | 2016 | 2018
• Autumn Hare | II | III | IV
• Song in Autumn
• In Autumn Fields
• Autumn Beauty

And at The Leveret’s brother site, The Wild Reed, see:
• Autumn: Season of Transformation and Surrender
• Autumn . . . Within and Beyond – 2021 | 2018 | 2016
• O Sacred Season of Autumn
• “Thou Hast Thy Music Too”
• Autumn Psalm
• “This Autumn Land Is Dreaming”

Aesthetic Male

– Cornelius McCarthy

– Jacob Collins

– Johnny Francis Wolf

– Unknown

– Franceso Franchetti

– James Childs

– Konstantin Somov

– William Etty

– Sergy Sovkov

See also the previous posts:
• The Aesthetic Male – May 22, 2025
• The Aesthetic Male – December 16, 2024
• The Aesthetic Male – November 8, 2024
• Beauty
• “A Painting of a Desired, and Desiring, Subject”
• Thomas
• “Like a Classical Sculpture”
• Alireza Shojaian’s Richly Symbolic “Hamed Sinno et un de ses Frères”
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan
• Hotel Room
• Autumn Beauty

Other artists highlighted at The Leveret: Roger Payne | P.K. Benbow | Martin Bedolla | Avel de Knight | Frank-Joseph Frelier | Claudio Bravo | John Singer Sargent | Salem Beiruti | Ismael Álvarez | Stefano Junior | Alireza Shojaian | Frédéric Bazille | Saul Lyons | Barkley L. Hendricks | Alexis Vera | Mauna Nada | Ego Rodriguez | Liam Campbell | Richard Vyse | David Jester | Aaron Moth | Travis Chantar | Douglas Simonson | Guglielmo Plüschow | Vilela Valentin | Dante Cirquero | Nebojsa Zdravkovic | Brenden Sanborn | Wilhelm von Gloeden | Richard Haines | John MacConnell | Leo Rydell Jost | Jim Ferringer | Juliusz Lewandowski | Felix d'Eon | Herbert List | Joe Ziolkowski

Welcoming the Summer Solstice

Related Off-site Links:
What to Know About Summer Solstice, the Longest Day of the Year – Associated Press via PBS News (June 20, 2023).

See also the previous posts:
• A Summer Blessing
• Welcoming the Summer Solstice (2020)
• Hare in Summer Field
• Summer Hare
• Summer Boy
• Boys of Summer

Image: Artist unknown.

The Aesthetic Male

– Andrew Potter

– Shane Wolf

– Henry Scott Tuke

– Louis Fratino

– Unknown

– Des Haughton

– Naomichi Okutsu

– Victor Müller

See also the previous posts:
• The Aesthetic Male – November 8, 2024
• The Aesthetic Male – December 16, 2024
• Beauty
• “A Painting of a Desired, and Desiring, Subject”
• Thomas
• “Like a Classical Sculpture”
• Alireza Shojaian’s Richly Symbolic “Hamed Sinno et un de ses Frères”
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan
• Hotel Room
• Autumn Beauty

Other artists highlighted at The Leveret: Roger Payne | P.K. Benbow | Martin Bedolla | Avel de Knight | Frank-Joseph Frelier | Claudio Bravo | John Singer Sargent | Salem Beiruti | Ismael Álvarez | Stefano Junior | Alireza Shojaian | Frédéric Bazille | Saul Lyons | Barkley L. Hendricks | Alexis Vera | Mauna Nada | Ego Rodriguez | Liam Campbell | Richard Vyse | David Jester | Aaron Moth | Travis Chantar | Douglas Simonson | Guglielmo Plüschow | Vilela Valentin | Dante Cirquero | Nebojsa Zdravkovic | Brenden Sanborn | Wilhelm von Gloeden | Richard Haines | John MacConnell | Leo Rydell Jost | Jim Ferringer | Juliusz Lewandowski | Felix d'Eon | Herbert List | Joe Ziolkowski

Always Remember . . .

Art: Sam Cannon.

See also the previous posts:
• Be Silent and Listen
• Don’t Let Them Tame You

Running Hare in Gold

Art: Catherine Hyde.

See also the previous posts:
• An Early Leap Into Spring
• Harvest Moon
• Hare and Swallows
• White Hare Over Water
• Into the Dark Woods
• In Golden Light
• Hare in Field of Gold

Master of the Field

Artwork: Mark Langley.

See also the previous posts:
• Call Him Hare King
• A Still Moment
• Souls Alike
• Standing Hare
• Be Silent and Lsten
• Hares and Fieldfares
• Meadow Doorway
• Harvest Moon

Delft Blue Hare

Related Off-site Link: Royal Delft

See also the previous posts:
• Hare with Mustache and Monocle
• Hare Décor – December 12, 2024
• Hare Décor – October 12, 2023
• Three Hare Jugs
• Hare Décor – July 14, 2022
• Ornamental Hare
• Hare Décor – July 28, 2017
• Hare Décor – January 25, 2017
• Hare Décor – September 20, 2014
• Hare Décor – December 13, 2012
• Blue Hare

The Aesthetic Male

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Hare with Mustache and Monocle

Artwork: Artist unknown.

See also the previous posts:
• Leporid Sculpture
• Surreal
• Crown of Blooms
• The March Hare
• The Summer Hare
• At Possum's Party
• Hare o’ the Tabor

The Aesthetic Male

Today at The Leveret I launch a new series, one celebrating the male form in art. Enjoy!

– Pat Kelley

– Amoako Boafo

– Ben Kimura

– Owe Zerge

– Joseph Fanelli

– Philippe Timmermans

– Nate DeRidder

– Cornelius McCarthy

See also the previous posts:
• Beauty
• “A Painting of a Desired, and Desiring, Subject”
• Thomas
• “Like a Classical Sculpture”
• Alireza Shojaian’s Richly Symbolic “Hamed Sinno et un de ses Frères”
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan
• Hotel Room
• Autumn Beauty

Other artists highlighted at The Leveret: Roger Payne | P.K. Benbow | Martin Bedolla | Avel de Knight | Frank-Joseph Frelier | Claudio Bravo | John Singer Sargent | Salem Beiruti | Ismael Álvarez | Stefano Junior | Alireza Shojaian | Frédéric Bazille | Saul Lyons | Barkley L. Hendricks | Alexis Vera | Mauna Nada | Ego Rodriguez | Liam Campbell | Richard Vyse | David Jester | Aaron Moth | Travis Chantar | Douglas Simonson | Guglielmo Plüschow | Vilela Valentin | Dante Cirquero | Nebojsa Zdravkovic | Brenden Sanborn | Wilhelm von Gloeden | Richard Haines | John MacConnell | Leo Rydell Jost | Jim Ferringer | Juliusz Lewandowski | Felix d'Eon | Herbert List | Joe Ziolkowski

Part of the Landscape

Artwork: Gin Durham.

See also the previous posts:
• Leporid Sculpture
• Surreal
• Leaping Hare
• The Leaper
• Leap
• Hare House
• Edgy and Contemporary
• Dancing Hares
• Bronze Hare
• Stone Arch

Harvest Moon

Artwork: Catherine Hyde.

See also the previous posts:
• Up With the Larks
• Hare and Swallows
• White Hare Over Water
• Into the Dark Woods
• Maximum Significance
• An Extraordinary and Ancient Archetype

Hare and Pink Moon

Artwork: Source.

See also the previous posts:
• The Hare and the Moon
• Hare and Full Moon
• Rising Moon
• Over the Moon
• Moonlight Hare
• Moongazer
• Hare in Moonlight
• Moon Hare

Seasons of the Hare

Artwork: Source.

See also the previous posts:
• A Calendar of Hares
• Summer Hare
• Autumn Hare
• Winter Hare
• Among Spring Blooms

Hare and Dandelions

Artwork: Source.

Interior Hares

Artwork: Porter Art Guild.