Fun Rabbit, Fun Rabbit, Fun, Fun, Fun (2022)
Paint on marine plywood
Image credit: Lunar New Year 2023 – Georges River Council © Salty Dingo 2023 CK2132
Lunar New Year is observed and celebrated in several countries around the world including China, Vietnam, South Korea, Singapore and Tibet. Lunar New Year 2023, the Year of the Rabbit, is celebrated from 22 January until it culminates with the Lantern Festival on 5 February 2023.
Chrissy Lau is an award-winning British Born Chinese artist based in Sydney. Chrissy is a multi-disciplinary artist designing with artistic excellence and appreciation of her Chinese heritage, working in several mediums including pen & ink, digital design & animation and large-scale painting. Chrissy creates mesmerising, intriguing commercial and public art through patterns and lines that hold deeper symbolism and cultural integrity.
Her designs are inspired by her Chinese heritage and are instantly recognisable by her signature delicate lines, masses of flowing hair & intricate patterns.
She graduated from the University of Sheffield with a Bachelor of Laws, but her real passion is all things creative. Chrissy has been a commercial illustrator since 2002, during that time she has worked as an art gallery manager, online content producer and search engine marketing manager (Winner of the IAB Search Marketing Campaign of the Year 2011).
‘Fun Rabbit, Fun Rabbit, Fun, Fun, Fun’ features 8 lucky Feng Shui rabbits leaping, dancing and celebrating the LNY. They are adorned with lucky red and gold colours and auspicious LNY imagery – new clothes, gold ingots, dumplings, coins, mandarins, lanterns and Red envelopes. It’s inspired by the ‘Feng Shui eight horse painting displayed to bring recognition, fame, dynamism, victory, and promotion in your life and career. The eight life careers represent the eight aspirations of life: recognition, children, health, career, personal development, education, marriage, and happiness’.
Hurstville Museum & Gallery 