There are many tales about the Rabbit on the Moon. Whenever I look at the moon, I do see the rabbit and imagine what he is doing up there.
I find the ancient Chinese legend of the Jade Rabbit extremely beautiful. In a few words, it tells of a rabbit on the moon pounding herbs with a mortar and pestle, to make the elixir of life for the moon goddess. This tale has inspired several of my silk paintings from Moon Rabbits, Sky Mountains, Rooftops in Paris to The Falling Rabbit.
For, if the rabbit who creates immortality were to fall on earth, where would he fall?
It would have to be in the place where he was most needed, where life was at a standstill, just waiting for that spark…
Falling Rabbit, 2022
Painting on silk,
H 106cm x W 98cm
Moon Rabbits, 2022
Painting on silk,
H 107cm x W 100cm