Feeding the Rabbit

This painting explores the push and pull between feeling alive and feeling weighed down. In the center is a golden horse whose head and neck curve into a circular form, almost like a sun. Its mane radiates outward in every direction, full of movement and energy—meant to feel warm, powerful, and constantly in motion.

Pressing forehead to forehead with the horse is a blue rabbit, representing depression. The rabbit is quieter and heavier, more still in contrast to the horse’s brightness. The color difference between the glowing gold and cool blue makes that emotional contrast clear, but their closeness is just as important—they aren’t separate, they’re intertwined.

The horse’s mane becomes something more than hair. It moves almost independently, carrying belladonna berries down toward the rabbit. That detail is intentionally uncertain. Belladonna can be both poisonous and medicinal, so it leaves space to question whether this energy is healing, harmful, or both at the same time.

Overall, the piece isn’t trying to resolve anything. It’s about that ongoing tension—how light and heaviness can exist together and constantly affect each other. It reflects what it feels like to move through depression, where moments of energy, beauty, and care are always tangled up with something darker underneath.