Rabbit Year

Created while reflecting on the upcoming Year of the Water Rabbit (2023), this piece was both celebrating and honoring the sexagenary cycle of the Chinese Zodiac. Featuring a white rabbit falling or diving into a body of water. 2023 was a Black Rabbit year, meaning a yin year. Discarding the obvious references, color in this artwork is playful, naive, untethered and mysterious.

A yellow sphere in the background can represent both a sun or a moon, alluding to both yin and yang. The rabbit is often associated with the moon in Asia. A Jade Rabbit resides on the moon with Chang'E, the Chinese Moon Goddess. The rabbit's green ears pay homage to this beast, without explicitly depicting the Moon Rabbit who pounds out the elixir of life. The rabbit's usual grace is also discarded. Collapsing into the unknown is the tenor of the time.