Sleeping Moon Hare

This is my latest painting of Hares, not strictly the Three Hares but there are three Hares in it!

Mystery of The Three Hares

A new painting & poem of mine inspired by the Three Hares bosses in our churches in Devon. The poem reads:- The stars dust you in their mystery. Your meaning lost in the depths of history. Your image through artists eyes evolved. Your secrets will remain unsolved. I have done two very different versions of this painting which can be seen here in my gallery in Chagford or by looking at my website www.devonsnatureinart.com

The Three Hares of North Bovey

This is my oil painting of St John the Baptist Church in the lovely village of North Bovey on Dartmoor, as you can see I have painted the Three Hares boss which is located in the ceiling of the church exactly as it is. This is one of the 17 churches on my Three Hares Trail and a lovely place to visit.

The Three Hares of Paignton

The Church of St John the Baptist in Paignton has a very fine and beautifully painted Three Hares boss, the church itself is well worth a visit tucked away in an ancient part of Paignton it is made out of the red sandstone of Devon. It is the most southerly church on my trail.

St Mary's, Kelly

This romantic little church is found in the remote village of Kelly which is between Tavistock and Launceston. It is the furthest West on my Three Hares Trail and has one ancient wooden carved boss of the Three Hares and a nice modern copy. It is well worth a visit.

Three Hares of Tavistock

We were over in Tavistock yesterday taking more of my Three Hares Trail leaflets to St Eustachius Church where there is a lovely carved & painted Three Hares Boss as seen above in my painting of the church. More leaflets can be obtained through my gallery in Chagford and the trail is a great thing to do!

THE THREE HARES MYSTERY

   

                                                  THE THREE HARES MYSTERY

        THE THREE HARES CAME RUNNING JOINED BY THEIR EARS SPUN ON THE SILK

       ROUTE FROM ANCIENT TIMES WITH A SECRET MEANING FROM A PAST BELIEF

   THEIR IMAGE TRANSLATED IN NUMEROUS WAYS STEEPED IN HISTORY A SYMBOL

   OF MYSTERY OF LOVE AND ETERNITY A HIDDEN TREASURE FOR US TO DISCOVER

     This painting of Three Hares has a lot of meaning. I wrote the poem about the mystery of this

 Symbol and how it is thought to have been brought to England on the Silk Route or trade route from where it was first discovered in Buddhist caves in China dating back to 581AD. How its meaning is still a mystery but has been translated in many ways to fit various religious beliefs and how we find it continually fascinating.

I have painted the Hares to look as if they are spinning through time and space on their orbit to various parts of the world. The poem I have written to look as if it is on a ribbon of silk thus referring to the silk route. The moon I have painted to celebrate the wonderful Lunar Eclipse that we had at the time I was painting this picture and was lucky enough to see on the 27/28^th of Sept 2015. The moon being a Supermoon at the time of the eclipse, this is one which is a full moon at its closest elliptical orbit to the earth making it look much larger and was also exceptional in appearing a beautiful red colour.

The background I have painted to look like the earth around the moon where the three hares have been travelling through space and time. In the sky I have painted all the constellations of the Zodiac star signs in white with all the other stars being in a pale blue.

This is my latest Three Hares oil painting, the original picture does not have the names of star signs written on it.