Mad as a Hatter 
“Mad as a Hatter” is one of the darker turns in my Down the Rabbit Hole series — a moment where the whimsical becomes uncomfortably real.

In this world I’ve built, each character represents a different facet of the human psyche when it’s pushed to the edge. The Hatter, for me, embodies the slow, seductive slide into madness. His face is a silhouette, lost in coloured smoke — the haze of confusion, of altered states, of not knowing what’s real anymore. He wears the traditional top hat, but beneath it, the truth begins to surface: another face lurking in the shadows, with a twisted grin and a glint of something feral. There’s a trace of Ozzy Osbourne in him — a nod to the wild, the unhinged, the brilliant chaos that bubbles just beneath.

This painting is about duality — the face we show and the madness we hide, or sometimes celebrate. In Wonderland, the rules bend. Logic crumbles. And the Hatter, like many of us, learns to survive by embracing the madness rather than resisting it.

He’s not just mad — he’s aware. And in the world of Down the Rabbit Hole, that’s what makes him dangerous.