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Michele MikesellMoon Rabbit - Realist Animal Portrait of Hare with patterns and colored dots2025
2025
$8,200
£6,271.56
€7,177.18
CA$11,670.85
A$12,636.13
CHF 6,718.05
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NOK 84,483.25
SEK 78,762.45
DKK 53,604.45
About the Item
Moon Rabbit
Oil on canvas
36 × 36 inches 91 × 91 cm
Michele Mikesell’s Moon Rabbit is an enchanting portrait of transformation and quiet mysticism. Against a softly layered ivory backdrop, a rabbit—painted in exquisite, lifelike detail—sits poised in profile, its sleek gray fur rendered with delicate precision. Dressed in a black garment dotted with pearly circles, the figure is surrounded by a constellation of floating, colored orbs that appear to hover in a field of luminous stillness. The result is both whimsical and reverent, a symbolic portrait steeped in folklore and contemporary charm.
Mikesell’s signature surface treatment—velvety textures, sanded edges, and subtly incised lines—imbues the work with a sense of time and memory. The rabbit’s serene expression and upright posture suggest alertness and grace, while the floating circles evoke celestial bodies drifting in an imagined lunar atmosphere. The creamy whites and soft jewel tones of the palette give the painting its dreamlike glow, striking a delicate balance between simplicity and surreal sophistication.
Rooted in myth, Moon Rabbit references the age-old legend of the hare in the moon—a symbol of rebirth, intuition, and the rhythms of nature. In Mikesell’s hands, the creature becomes a modern-day muse: calm, intelligent, and quietly magical. This intimate work bridges the boundaries of portraiture and fable, making it a captivating addition to any contemporary art collection seeking pieces that combine narrative depth with striking visual harmony.
- Creator:Michele Mikesell (1973, American)
- Creation Year:2025
- Dimensions:Height: 36 in (91.44 cm)Width: 36 in (91.44 cm)Depth: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Dallas, TX
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU640317175122
Michele Mikesell
American artist Michele Mikesell incorporates elements of Pop art, Surrealism and Expressionism into her eclectic works and creates a unique visual experience for the viewer. Her figurative paintings and portrait paintings depict figures that seem to be peering out at and contemplating anyone within a stone’s throw of the works. In Mikesell’s subjects’ faces, the influence of the 17th-century Dutch masters is also detectable, while her abstract paintings are marked by the influence of postwar Abstract Expressionist painters.
Mikesell was born in Alabama in 1973. She earned her BFA at Texas Woman's University, Denton, in 2002, where she minored in graphic design. In 2004, Mikesell earned her MFA at the University of Oklahoma before moving to Dallas to begin her artistic career. It didn't take long for her to begin turning heads. Dallas-based DECORAZON Gallery, located in the city's historic Bishop Arts District, started representing her in 2006.
When Mikesell begins to work on a piece in her studio, she is unhurried, allowing each project to unfold before her by reacting to the marks in the paint. Many of her paintings are of human figures with whom viewers may feel a sense of familiarity, while other works feature anthropomorphic animals or petroglyphs meant to function as metaphors for the dichotomy of animal instincts and human ideas. Mikesell also draws inspiration from mythology: The Morrigan (2017), for example, is based on a powerful figure from Irish folklore.
Mikesell has exhibited at many art fairs around the world, including SCOPE Art Show, London Art Fair, Aqua Art Miami and the Asia Contemporary Art Show in Hong Kong. She had a solo exhibition at the Ardmore Museum of Art in Oklahoma, and her work is held in numerous private and corporate collections and has been featured in publications like Juxtapoz magazine.
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