The cow, from animal to product

I have been researching intensive animal farming, its environmental consequences and disastrous animal treatment. I have become passionate and convinced that visibility in this sector is highly needed. I have currently stopped working on it as I need support. I would like to continue its development and for it to find its place. Most paintings below are in progress.

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Still alive, 2022, Oil on canvas, 200 x 150 cm

“Our society will be judged by how we respond to those to whom we owe nothing” Helen Bamber

Cow and her calf in the dairy industry, 2022, Oil on canvas, 170 x 140 cm

Cows only have milk when they give birth to a calf. The calf is taken away from the mother only a few hours after its birth. Most female calves will be reared to join the milking herd but as male calves cannot produce milk , they are considered surplus and are transported to veal farms -or shot at birth. The cow will be impregnated again around 3 months after the birth to make sure she continues to produce milk.

Getting on my tits, 2022, oil on canvas, 76 x 102 cm

A cow naturally produces 4l of milk per day. The animals have been genetically modified to produce up to 65l a day, with disastrous consequences on their lives and welfare.

Message in a bottle, 2022, Oil on canvas, 60 x 50 cm

The real face of the laughing cow, Oil on canvas

I love my boots, oil on canvas, 95 x 75 cm

“Ham, pigs, tongues, sides of beef seen in the butcher’s window, all that death, I find it very beautiful. And it’s all for sale -how unbelievably surrealistic!” As Francis Bacon marvels at the incongruity of such a practice, we enter an era where we need to push further and question the implications of our mass producing of animals, both for our planet and their welfare.