Art of the Day Presentation: Pig Escapes Slaughterhouse, Sue Coe By: Aveanna Tomada

Brief Background Info: -Sue Coe is a known artist for painting her emotions and feelings -painting was painted on behalf of a true story that has happened in her past -uses this skill to bring out awareness on animal cruelty and the industrial process of killing and packing meat products for the high consumption rates

-birds heads sticking out of cages towards the light Character: -two bulky ominous looking men are not incredibly focused on their jobs as butchers -the one on the center-left’s face has a dark, unhappy expression -the man in the center is terribly unfocused, slanted as if falling -the people’s expressions shown in the painting are very undefined -the animals expressions are clear and show such feelings of pain, grief

Color: -colors express a more dirty color mixture of grays, browns, black, and filthy white; lacks purity and sharpness - the darkness surrounding the light is very overwhelming (hope cut off from industrial production) -the black mainly consist of the animals cages and surroundings

Light: -the main lights source of the painting is the sunlight -Coe use of light extends to reveal a truly baneful scene -paints the only source of light into the shape/form of a cow or any other animal -animals reach out to the light without hesitation

Angle: -the painting’s view is straight forward -the cages are abnormally bent or shaped to fit around the light in the center, shifting and bending

Proportion: -animals that are closer to the viewer are much larger in comparison than in the back -large quantity of animals

Placement: -animals in the front show their pain and distress -Coe places the light animal in the overall main center of the painting -placed in the center of light is the fact that a pig escaped its fate -Coe paints the mother and daughter in the center of light for they are witnesses

Setting: - darkness of the slaughterhouse, doors, and cages -extra details in color such as the blood stains, and molten feathers, along with deformities of animals

Character : In the painting, the birds heads sticking out of cages resemble as hands reaching towards the light (a sense of life and/or freedom). Two bulky ominous looking men, who’s jobs as a butcher is to kill animals, seem as if they are not incredibly focused in their jobs for the one on the center-left’s face is very visible, his expression is dark or unhappy, showing that he is aware of what is wrong but feels that it is a hopeless situation, the man in the center appears to be terribly unfocused, slanted as if falling. the people’s expressions shown in the painting are very undefined, except for the butcher near the center-left, and hard to see displaying how their character could be anyone’s ignorance or lack of strength to stand up, as for the animals expressions are clear and the audience can see such feelings of pain, grief shown just as human beings. Color: The colors express a more dirty color mixture of grays, browns, black, and filthy white in which colors lack purity and sharpness to display more of the scene a poor condition scene in which we see how the animals inside are treated. the darkness surrounding the light is very overwhelming and showing what the animals see everyday when the light is cut off from the dark doors (hope cut off from industrial production). In the painting the black mainly consist of the animals cages and surroundings, symbolizing the animals limitations and feelings of being trapped along with the fact of being in their own graves. Light: The main lights source of the painting is the sunlight, showing that the animals must always be basked in darkness. Coe use of light extends to reveal a truly baneful scene, as it seems she expresses that the light (hope, freedom) comes from outside the slaughter. Coe displays even further on her point as she paints the only source of light into the shape/form of a cow or any other animal. After being stuck in the dark prison for so long and to have bright light come upon them, what’s expected is the animals might look away from it in such a sudden change, but what seems like almost all the animals reach out to it without hesitation Angle: The painting’s view is straight forward as to resemble Coe’s point or thought’s of animal cruelty that she has witnessed in the slaughterhouse. The cages are abnormally bent or shaped to fit around the light in the center, almost as if the light is causing it to shift and bend until eventually like metal itself it snaps and there is freedom. Proportion: The animals that are closer to the viewer are much larger in comparison than in the back to display image of what is going on that is unseen. The large quantity of animals shows not only how many are consumed but how many have to suffer for this fate. Placement: The animals in the front show their pain and distress in which Coe uses for an example of what is actually going on in the cages in which can’t see as well. Coe places the light animal in the overall main center of the painting in which it shows that although it is far way, it is still there. One of the main hopes given in the center of light is the fact that a pig escaped what seemed like its fate and reached its destiny, giving the message that this hope is achievable. Pushing on to the widening hope, in which to Coe she makes it a goal, she paints the mother and daughter for they are witnesses, still their faces are undefined, but their shock is well known and that awareness is enough to bring a change. Setting: The setting in the painting is clearly the slaughter house, but the darkness of the house, doors, and cages resembles the ominous living conditions and limitations that cause great damage to animals physically and mentally. Extra details in color such as the blood stains, and molten feathers, along with deformities of animals adds more meaning to Coe’s shock and outrage enhancing her motivation for change.