Christine Villanueva

Bunny Garden of Earthly Delights Acrylics on Canvas
48 x 84 inches
2026

Bunny Garden of Earthly Delights 1 of 3 - Genisis
Acrylics on Canvas
48 x 84 inches
2026

Bunny Garden of Earthly Delights 2 of 3- Present Bounties
Acrylics on Canvas
24 x 48 inches
2026

Bunny Garden of Earthly Delights 3 of 3 - Salvation
Acrylics on Canvas
24 x 48 inches
2026

Artist Statement
“Bunny Garden of Earthly Delights” is a triptych based on Hieronymus Bosch’s triptych, Garden of Earthly Delights from 1490-1500.

Originally a digital illustration at first, The idea came to paint on canvas via projector as Christine wanted visible brushstrokes to show the human creation at hand, while using technology strictly as a tool. With AI slop prevalent, it matters to see the human hand and presence in every creation.

Unlike the original painting that depicts the pleasures of humanity leading to its downfall, Christine reimagine this world, using bunnies to depict humanity. Here, humanity takes the themes of creating through togetherness and peace (depicted in the middle panel) into a complex future that doesn’t shy away from depicting progress without revolution and its paradoxes of violence and love. We see this in the depiction of bunnies pinning other bunnies to the ground, with blank stares, questioning if this is the right thing to do, or while other bunnies are depicted grouping together in solidarity or falling in love. In the top middle of the last panel titled “Salvation”, a mysterious enigmatic rabbit face with its eyes closed hovers inside a floating carrot flanked by two swarms of bunnies racing towards it. Christine wanted to mirror this to the idea of the “rat race” but instead of running in circles towards unobtainable goals, this was to show that in order to keep building towards a peaceful bunny utopia, the bunnies must slow down, close their eyes and find that peace within themselves. The only way to keep creating a better future is to imagine a better future for oneself before allowing to make future plans for your family, community, and the rest of the world.

Christine has a keen habit of drawing bunnies over and over again (She jokes saying that she’ll “...Just have to be the Yayoi Kusuma of silly bunnies”). She enjoys overlaying them onto historically significant paintings that she believes need to be recreated and translated for the modern world. She embedded messages of “hope through the darkness” with her through whimsical, delightful yet deep rooted historical visual storytelling.

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