Happy Chinese New Year! It’s the Year of the Rabbit!
Having spent time in Taiwan and China, I have a fondness for the culture and wanted to share this little painting I just created. Way back in the mists of the dawn of this blog (OK it was 2009), I retold and illustrated the famous story of the Rabbit and the Moon goddess Chang-e – “Why there’s a Rabbit on the Moon”. It’s in multiple pages but here’s one of my favourites. Anyway, this new piece is completely different and yet perhaps the roots of this oil painting are in the elements of some of those illustrations I made using GIMP so long ago.
And yes I know that Chinese New Year starts on the new moon but this piece really wanted a full moon – artistic license!
(C) 2023 Hilary Farmer
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