Leafy Hare III

25cm x x 30cm x 3.5cm stretched canvas

“One who chases after two hares won’t catch even one.” -Ancient proverb

In China, the Hare in the Moon is depicted with a mortar and pestle in which he mixes the elixir of immortality. He is the messenger of a female moon deity and the guardian of all wild animals. The hare moves by moonlight between the human world and the realm of the Great Goddess.

Leafy Hare III: Forest green leafy hare with metallic gold coloured leaf background. Original acrylic on stretched canvas.