Animarii no.3: Rabbit - The Watcher Between Thresholds · Original Oil Painting

Original oil painting on professional watercolour sheet. 9x12 inches. She watches with three eyes — the two outer eyes painted over variegated copper foil, creating the layered, banded quality of tiger's eye crystal: warm amber-gold that catches depth differently at every angle. The third eye, centred in the brow, holds what lies beyond the visible. Varnished and ready to ship flat in a rigid protective mailer.

In Celtic belief, the rabbit was a creature of the Otherworld — sacred, threshold-dwelling, carrying messages between the seen and unseen. This rabbit holds that ancient knowing across three eyes. Two hold the world as you experience it. The third — the ajna chakra, the opened inner eye of Hindu and Buddhist tradition — holds what lies beyond the visible. She is not the destination. She is the invitation.
This painting is part of Animarii, a 12-piece series of original oil paintings on professional watercolour sheet by British-Californian artist Rebecca Papillon.

Medium: Oil on professional watercolour sheet. The paper is sealed before painting and worked in highly lightfast pigment oils. 9x12 inches. All original paintings are signed by the artist.

The painted image area is 9x12 inches. The sheet is trimmed to 10x13 inches, leaving a white border for ease of handling and mounting.

Sold unframed. The framed mock-up shown is for scale and framing inspiration only.

Framing guidance
This piece frames beautifully in any standard frame with a 9x12 inch mat aperture. We recommend a 16x20 inch frame as the primary option — this gives a generous, gallery-standard mat with weighted spacing (slightly more border at the bottom than the top and sides, which is correct fine art framing convention). A 14x18 inch frame with the same 9x12 inch aperture works well for a closer, more intimate presentation. Both options are widely available. The 10x13 inch sheet fits comfortably within either frame with room for mounting.

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