Red Envelope Show/What'sYour Rabbit? - until Feb. 13/11

"Now even the bunnies have guns!"

As it turns out, my first show of 2011 is at Hang Man Gallery which is honouring the Chinese New Year by having a Rabbit-themed art show.

All works on the walls - and this is a group show - have some sort of rabbit motif or theme. There's quite a variety of work: graphite on mylar, oil on canvas, acrylic on board, photography, etc.

My two works are entitled "Paradise Regained: After the Humans Have Gone" and "Now Even The Bunnies Have Guns!"

"Paradise regained"

Paradise Regained was painted several years ago and is part of my ongoing series of anthropomorphic works.  "Now Even the Bunnies..." started out as an idea I had, at which time it was more of a cartoon. But then it changed as I painted, into a pastoral scene in which a sinister development has occurred. Farmers beware; now even the bunnies have guns!

The Red Envelope Show runs through February 13, 2011. The gallery is at 756 Queen Street East, near Broadview Ave., in Toronto. Lots of restaurants and other shops nearby. The gallery can be reached at 416/465-0302.

Copyright Deborah C. Sawyer

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