The Bunnyman Hops into The Independent
In December, Johnny released his four-part limited edition series The Bunnyman Genesis. The multimedia silkscreen collection includes: Origins, Cosmic, Flowers and Multiverse- each name corresponding with the alternate backgrounds underscoring the outline of a bunny-human hybrid. Tattooed with impasto oil paints and gold leaf, the paintings plunge viewers into the artist's subconscious.
Perceived as comforting rather than harrowing by Johnny, The Bunnyman character initially materialised in his dreams before haunting the sleep of his five-year-old son Jack (who is now 21) decades later. Struck by the memory, Jack penned the outline we now see immortalised on the canvas. “There he was, a benevolent creature, [appearing] as if to warn me in my dream,” says Johnny.