In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb

It is said that March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb.

    As featured in the book, Head, Heart and Hand by Marie Via and Marjorie Searl, the painter Alexis Fournier actually did see spring lambs. The Roycroft Campus was a favorite grazing site for the little lambs as seen in this photograph.

Fournier used the lovely view as his inspiration for Peace, one of his most famous paintings at the Roycroft. The blossoms and birds are bathed in spring light, while the flock soaks up the warm sun.

      When you come to see the Campus this spring, stop by the Copper Shop Gallery. You can pick up a copy of the newly reprinted Head, Heart and Hand book these pictures are from and many other Arts and Crafts titles.

(No, I haven't seen any references yet to lions on the Roycroft Campus...)

-Amanda