Another new Oddfellow piece...
Hank and The Hare 10"x8"x1" Acrylic on wood
Day and night, Hank patrols the perimeter of the orphanage, making sure that all is right and safe. This mostly entails ensuring that mischief-makers don't go hiding in trees, and that rapscallions with more devious or grave intentions don't manage to row across the moat. He's found that traveling via the rare Giant Hare is faster than by horse (and provides the element of surprise, as their paws land much more softly than hooves do).
I had Stubbs' horse paintings (which I love so much) in mind with this one. Not that I could hold a candle to the grace and fluidity of his work, but I thought it would be neat to replace that kind of romantic, dignified genre painting featuring horses and riders with a pair from my own imaginings. The paintings has gilded edges, of course (I think this whole series will...they all do so far!)
And I just have to post this...it's the prettiest (and most peculiar) thing I've seen today!
I just can't believe it's a mushroom, turning into a parasol, turning into a bat, turning into a cannon(?) or some other contraption, and then finally into a team of star-lit horses! So many things I like wrapped up in an image so surreal it would make Max Ernst proud.
Two famous-artist allusions in one post! My old art professors would be so proud.
See you soon!
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