Resting Hare

“Resting Hare” (bronze finish garden sculpture) by Brian Hollingworth.

British artist Brian Hollingworth has specialized in hare sculpture for many years. His love of hares came from observing and sketching them in their natural habitat.

Writes Hollingworth: “Hares, in ancient times, were believed to be the embodiment of Epona, the Goddess of the Moon. This was because they were observed during autumn and winter months to sit and stare at the moon, trying to see their own image. When spring came, the spirit of Epona had entered them and manifest itself in the wild dancing, chasing and boxing of the Mad March Hare. The Ojibwe tribe of the Western Great Lakes, Minnesota and North Dakota, consider the hare to have been the first teacher of animals and plants, and founder of the art of decoration.”