Assembly of Chinese Zodiacs

I started painting rams and used them in my personal greeting card for the Chinese New Year back in 2014. Did it on a whim…thought it was a novel idea especially in a western culture.  I had no ambition to proceed any further.  Somehow it grew to be an annual project, something that I actually looked forward to.  I accomplished my collection of the 12 zodiac animals last year, the horse being my last project. I would like to present my 12 animals here, in chronological orders, starting with the Rat,

 

 

And a group photo

Almost time for rabbits

The next zodiac animal is the rabbit, and our Lunar New Year falls on January 22 for 2023.  That means I better start planning on my zodiac painting now.

I love putting animals and birds into my painting, but rabbit is definitely a new subject for me.  My preparation involves just grabbing a piece of paper and start drawing with no particular agenda.  I hope to be conversant with the animal and hopefully I would be able to portray a personality to the rabbit, instead of just being vapid.  Vapid rabbit rhymes in spoken language, but not in paintings, ha ha.