{"id":4268,"date":"2016-07-07T09:09:20","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T15:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/?p=4268"},"modified":"2017-09-19T09:50:05","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T15:50:05","slug":"southern-vegan-artist-party-of-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/?p=4268","title":{"rendered":"Southern Vegan Artist: Party of One?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“Food or Pet? How Do You Decide?” by Amy Guidry; Acrylic on canvas; 40″w x 30″h; Sold; (c) Amy Guidry 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I’m a vegan artist living in “Sportsman’s Paradise.”\u00a0 For those that don’t know, that would be Louisiana.\u00a0 Not exactly a pleasant state nickname if you are a vegan.\u00a0 Nevertheless, I’ve managed to live a vegan lifestyle here and have even made a niche for myself as an artist.\u00a0 And I actually like living here… though I could do without the humidity.\u00a0 So how is this possible, you may ask.<\/p>\n

For starters, being a vegan, environmental artist is no harder than any other artist.\u00a0 Art is supposed to make a statement, and it’s not going to be something everyone necessarily agrees with.\u00a0 So the fact that my work is influenced by my personal beliefs, is not any different than any other artist creating work about what matters most to them.\u00a0 And galleries are choosy about what they show regardless, so again, it doesn’t matter if you’re a vegan artist or not.<\/p>\n

Louisiana is known for it’s food, unfortunately none of that involves tofu.\u00a0 Yet.\u00a0 So, yes, that is bothersome for me, but it doesn’t stop me from living here.\u00a0 If anything, it just gives me more reason to keep doing what I do.\u00a0 Add to that the BP oil spill, hurricanes, and wetland loss, I have even more reason to be here and speak up for our animals and our environment.<\/p>\n

I have met some resistance, but I don’t know any vegan that hasn’t, so I wouldn’t say that’s exclusive to Louisiana.\u00a0 Usually it comes from older family members that have no filter.\u00a0 A lot of people seem to be coming around, while others tolerate it but don’t understand it.\u00a0 I’ve been a vegan for 17 years now and have seen a definite shift in the mindset of the general population.\u00a0 For starters, most people now know how to correctly pronounce vegan and might know someone that is.\u00a0 A lot are open to at least trying vegan recipes.\u00a0 (Everyone loves my dinner parties!)\u00a0 And some are starting to become aware of the huge environmental impact that factory farming has on our planet.<\/p>\n

Overall, I’ve had a very positive response to my art, both in and outside of Louisiana, which is promising for many reasons.\u00a0 I would love to see more vegans here, but I’m sure a lot of people would say the same about where they live, too.\u00a0 In the meantime, I’m going to keep doing what I do.\u00a0 With every painting, I have another opportunity to reach out to the world, and inspire them to do more for animals and the planet.\u00a0 And on that note, it’s time to get back to the studio.<\/p>\n

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I’m a vegan artist living in “Sportsman’s Paradise.”\u00a0 For those that don’t know, that would be Louisiana.\u00a0 Not exactly a pleasant state nickname if you are a vegan.\u00a0 Nevertheless, I’ve managed to live a vegan lifestyle here and have even made a niche for myself as an artist.\u00a0 And I actually like living here… though … Continue reading Southern Vegan Artist: Party of One?<\/span> →<\/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":[1],"tags":[145,1025,1182,1321,465,34,5,55,636,759,512,1174,54,95,374,517,13,760,164,397,767,331],"class_list":["post-4268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-animal-cruelty","tag-animal-rights","tag-animal-welfare","tag-vegan-artist","tag-acadiana","tag-amy-guidry","tag-art","tag-artist","tag-contemporary","tag-dog","tag-ecology","tag-environment","tag-lafayette","tag-louisiana","tag-nature","tag-painter","tag-painting","tag-pig","tag-surreal","tag-surrealism","tag-surrealist","tag-vegan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4268","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=4268"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4580,"href":"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4268\/revisions\/4580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}