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The work of a farmer is to foster the animals within their care, to rear them, feed them and then send them to the works. Each painting in this theme displays the figure in a nurturing pose while each also holds a knife at their hip.
the Farm series
The farm series was the beginning of my examination into our relationship with cattle and animals. It also looked at the farmer as an iconic representation of New Zealand, its percieved 'masculinity' and works were created to attempt to describe how this manifests within portraiture
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