{"id":1427,"date":"2011-02-16T11:22:54","date_gmt":"2011-02-16T17:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/?p=1427"},"modified":"2011-08-15T12:34:34","modified_gmt":"2011-08-15T18:34:34","slug":"mother-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/?p=1427","title":{"rendered":"Mother Nature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I wanted to share one of my latest paintings from my &#8220;In Our Veins&#8221; series.  The title is &#8220;Mother Nature&#8221; and it is an acrylic on canvas, 6&#8243; x 6.&#8221;  This is one of the more overtly vegan paintings from the series.  I&#8217;m disturbed by the fact that humans are willing to drink what is &#8220;breast milk&#8221; even though they are adults (and it&#8217;s not even from their own species!).  Yuck.  It&#8217;s no wonder so many people are lactose-intolerant&#8230; because it&#8217;s not natural!  I wanted to create a piece around this concept, ironically naming it &#8220;Mother Nature&#8221; because there is nothing natural about it.  That said, I have a few pics of my process to share.  You can see the finished piece on my website at this link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amyguidry.com\/mother_nature.html\" target=\"_blank\">www.AmyGuidry.com- Mother Nature<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1427 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/?attachment_id=1429'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/11-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1429\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1429'>\n\t\t\t\tInitial drawing and start of rough layer of paint for &#8220;Mother Nature&#8221;\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/?attachment_id=1430'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1430\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1430'>\n\t\t\t\tIntial rough layer of paint complete\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/?attachment_id=1438'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/31-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1438\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1438'>\n\t\t\t\tAnother rough layer of paint for the field and sky\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/?attachment_id=1440'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/4-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1440\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1440'>\n\t\t\t\tThe sky is now complete after adding another good layer of paint\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/?attachment_id=1441'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/5-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/5-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/5-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/5.jpg 597w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1441'>\n\t\t\t\tDetails are added to the grassy field\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/?attachment_id=1442'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/6-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1442\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1442'>\n\t\t\t\tDetailed grass in the field is now finished; On to the cow next\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/?attachment_id=1443'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/7-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1443\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1443'>\n\t\t\t\tCalf details such as tufts of hair are added and dark and light values developed\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/?attachment_id=1444'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/j12_mothernature-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/j12_mothernature-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/j12_mothernature-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/j12_mothernature.jpg 532w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1444'>\n\t\t\t\tFinished piece- &#8220;Mother Nature&#8221; by Amy Guidry; (c) Amy Guidry 2011\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wanted to share one of my latest paintings from my &#8220;In Our Veins&#8221; series. The title is &#8220;Mother Nature&#8221; and it is an acrylic on canvas, 6&#8243; x 6.&#8221; This is one of the more overtly vegan paintings from the series. I&#8217;m disturbed by the fact that humans are willing to drink what is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/?p=1427\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mother Nature<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[145,1025,1026,383,34,5,55,1027,1028,13,164,331],"class_list":["post-1427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-paintings","tag-animal-cruelty","tag-animal-rights","tag-mother-nature","tag-acrylic","tag-amy-guidry","tag-art","tag-artist","tag-cow","tag-milk","tag-painting","tag-surreal","tag-vegan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1427"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1450,"href":"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1427\/revisions\/1450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}