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New work in progress. Using a laptop (computer), a New work in progress. Using a laptop (computer), a lap top (legs), acrylic paint, and lots of coffee and swearing, I'm on a steep learning curve with painting techniques as I create my series of 'Activist' artworks. This is the tenth one. Maybe five more to go. Who knows where this will end? Hopefully it'll result in an exhibition in the future. . • • • • #activist #activism #govegan #crueltyfree #savetheanimals #veganism #savetheplanet #veganlife #vegansofinstagram #directaction #animalrights #factoryfarming #protest #painting #instaart #artoftheday #animalrightsactivists #artistic #contemporaryart #illustrator #fineart #arts #animalrescue #veganartist #veganartivist #animalrightsartist #acrylicpainting #eggfarm #workinprogress #chickenrescue
'ALEXIS AND UME - The Maggie Fleming Animal Hospi 'ALEXIS AND UME - The Maggie Fleming Animal Hospice and The Karass Sanctuary' (acrylic paint on A4 canvas board) The fifth painting in the ACTIVISTS series. A scene of joy and hope from the world's first animal hospice, run by Alexis Fleming in a remote part of Scotland. 'No life too small' In creating this series I've attempted to capture the strength, compassion, trauma and joy of activists as they perform acts of the highest moral courage.  These unsung, everyday heroes form the very heart of the animal rights movement, and I wanted to pay tribute in the only way I can to people I regard as the most humane of all humans. With thanks to @bigwoollybastard For more information about Alexis' work please visit www.themaggiefleminganimalhospice.org.uk ACTIVISTS: - Rescue from a life of misery and pain - Bear witness to suffering - Re-home in sanctuaries - Show kindness, compassion and humanity in an inhumane world • • • • • #activist #activism #govegan #crueltyfree #savetheanimals #veganism #themaggiefleminganimalhospice #veganlife #vegansofinstagram #directaction #animalrights #factoryfarming #animalliberation #painting #instaart #artoftheday #animalrightsactivists #artistic #contemporaryart #illustrator #fineart #lamb #animalrescue #veganartist #veganartivist #animalrightsartist #activists #sheep #animalsanctuary #sheeprescue
'THE SLEEPING SKIN' (2012) An allegory of the bod 'THE SLEEPING SKIN' (2012) An allegory of the body and the spirit - the biological mechanics and the inner emotions. The frames are a representation of a cross-section of the layers of human skin. (Acrylic paint on 2 A2 size stretched canvases) . . . . . #birds #birdsofinstagram #wildlife #nature #naturelovers #animals #britishbirds #gardenbirds #nudeart #birdlife #tattooart #acrylicpainting #acryliconcanvas #portraiture #selfportrait #nudeportrait #nudemodel #illustration #wildlife_perfection #britishwildlife #goldfinch #woodpecker #bluetit #natureart #tattoos #tattoodesign #cogs #steampunk #humanskin #epithelium
'SHAY AND REGAN - rescued from a Canadian pig farm 'SHAY AND REGAN - rescued from a Canadian pig farm in memory of activist Regan Russell, 2020' (acrylic paint on A4 canvas board) The fourth painting in the ACTIVISTS series. On June 19, 2020, Canadian animal rights activist and protester Regan Russell was run over and killed by an animal transporter after a demonstration outside Fearman's Pork Inc., a pig slaughterhouse in Burlington, Ontario. In creating this series I've attempted to capture the strength, compassion, trauma and joy of activists as they perform acts of the highest moral courage.  These unsung, everyday heroes form the very heart of the animal rights movement, and I wanted to pay tribute in the only way I can to people I regard as the most humane of all humans. With thanks to @shaytheactivist ACTIVISTS: - Rescue from a life of misery and pain - Bear witness to suffering - Re-home in sanctuaries - Show kindness, compassion and humanity in an inhumane world • • • • • #activist #activism #govegan #crueltyfree #savetheanimals #veganism #reganrussell #veganlife #vegansofinstagram #directaction #animalrights #factoryfarming #animalliberation #painting #instaart #artoftheday #animalrightsactivists #artistic #contemporaryart #illustrator #fineart #pigs #animalrescue #veganartist #veganartivist #animalrightsartist #activists #pigfarm #canadianactivist #pigrescue
If I had to pick just one painting to represent my If I had to pick just one painting to represent my artwork and my ethics, it would be this: 'MEAT' (acrylic paint on A4 canvas board, 2017) The blood-filled heart/ The complexity of breath/ The miraculous biology/ Of birth and life and death/ Packaged up in pieces/ Of mortal meat and bone/ We take the lives of others’/ Though we never take our own/ The body with a beating heart/ A living consciousness/ Made of mind and muscle/ All is lost in death/ Leaving only morsels / Of meat upon the bone/ Though we take the lives of others’/ We never take our own/ • • • • • #supermarket #activist #meatless #meat #activism #meatfree #painting #meatporn #carne #govegan #crueltyfree #veganism #vegansofinstagram #veganlife #bestofvegan #savetheanimals #savetheplanet #instaart #creative #artoftheday #instaartist #paint #contemporaryart #illustrator #fineart #arts #veganartist #veganactivism #meatmarketing #ukartist
'SONIT - Toronto Pig Save Vigil, Fearmans Slaughte 'SONIT - Toronto Pig Save Vigil, Fearmans Slaughterhouse, Ontario, 2018' (acrylic paint on A4 canvas board) The third painting in the ACTIVISTS series. In creating this series I've attempted to capture the strength, compassion, trauma and joy of activists as they perform acts of the highest moral courage.  These unsung, everyday heroes form the very heart of the animal rights movement, and I wanted to pay tribute in the only way I can to people I regard as the most humane of all humans. With thanks to @shaytheactivist ACTIVISTS: - Rescue from a life of misery and pain - Bear witness to suffering - Re-home in sanctuaries - Show kindness, compassion and humanity in an inhumane world • • • • • #activist #activism #govegan #crueltyfree #savetheanimals #veganism #savetheplanet #veganlife #vegansofinstagram #directaction #animalrights #factoryfarming #protest #painting #instaart #artoftheday #animalrightsactivists #artistic #contemporaryart #illustrator #fineart #pigs #animalrescue #veganartist #veganartivist #animalrightsartist #activists #torontopigsave #canadianactivist #pigsave
TURKEY TRIPTYCH - righthand panel (Three A4 panels TURKEY TRIPTYCH - righthand panel (Three A4 panels - Acrylic paint on canvas board) In celebration of the gloriously, beautifully strange turkey. NOT (as we seem to think) some kind of 'Christmas leftover', but an intelligent and majestic creature. • • • • • #meatfree #farm #animal #turkey #christmasturkey #farmlife #animals #activism #govegan #crueltyfree #veganism #veganlife #veganuniverse #acrylicpainting #veganlifestyle #meatless #instaart #artoftheday #instaartist #paint #contemporaryart #illustrator #fineart #savetheanimals #instaanimal #animallover #animalrights #veganuk #veganactivism  #veganartist
TURKEY TRIPTYCH - middle panel (Three A4 panels - TURKEY TRIPTYCH - middle panel (Three A4 panels - Acrylic paint on canvas board) In celebration of the gloriously, beautifully strange turkey. NOT (as we seem to think) some kind of 'Christmas leftover', but an intelligent and majestic creature. • • • • • #meatfree #farm #animal #turkey #christmasturkey #farmlife #animals #activism #govegan #crueltyfree #veganism #veganlife #veganuniverse #acrylicpainting #veganlifestyle #meatless #instaart #artoftheday #instaartist #paint #contemporaryart #illustrator #fineart #savetheanimals #instaanimal #animallover #animalrights #veganuk #veganactivism  #veganartist
'MARNI - Duck rescue, 'King Cole Ducks', Canada, F 'MARNI - Duck rescue, 'King Cole Ducks', Canada, February 2020' (acrylic paint on A4 canvas board) The second painting in the ACTIVISTS series. In creating this series I've attempted to capture the strength, compassion, trauma and joy of activists as they perform acts of the highest moral courage.  These unsung, everyday heroes form the very heart of the animal rights movement, and I wanted to pay tribute in the only way I can to people I regard as the most humane of all humans. With thanks to @shaytheactivist ACTIVISTS: - Rescue from a life of misery and pain - Bear witness to suffering - Re-home in sanctuaries - Show kindness, compassion and humanity in an inhumane world • • • • • #activist #activism #govegan #crueltyfree #savetheanimals #veganism #savetheplanet #veganlife #vegansofinstagram #directaction #animalrights #factoryfarming #protest #painting #instaart #artoftheday #animalrightsactivists #artistic #contemporaryart #illustrator #fineart #ducks #animalrescue #veganartist #veganartivist #animalrightsartist #activists #eggfarm #canadianactivist #duckrescue
Over on my sister channel @agitate.art, we celebra Over on my sister channel @agitate.art, we celebrate the official premiere today of @bankjobpictures THE BANK JOB The latest video in the Agitate protest art gallery features a celebration of this mischievous and wonderful feature documentary. Led by artist/filmmaker team Dan Edelstyn and Hilary Powell, this work of cinematic social justice art instigates and follows a community coming together to make their own currency, opening a bank in order to examine how money and debt is created in our economy, and to ask important questions about how the system of money creation might be altered in their favour. Please visit the @agitate.art page and watch, share, and be AMAZED at the skill, artistry and compassion of Hilary and Dan. With thanks to @imarcq for the brilliant voiceover . . . . . #protestart #socialissues #debt #socialjustice #artforchange #banknote #documentaryfilms #socialjusticedocumentary #hotdocs #printingmoney #banknotes #arthouse #socialjusticefilms #socialism #arthousefilm #bankingandfinance #bankingsystem
TURKEY TRIPTYCH - lefthand panel (Three A4 panels TURKEY TRIPTYCH - lefthand panel (Three A4 panels - Acrylic paint on canvas board) In celebration of the gloriously, beautifully strange turkey. NOT (as we seem to think) some kind of 'Christmas leftover', but an intelligent and majestic creature. • • • • • #meatfree #farm #animal #turkey #christmasturkey #farmlife #animals #activism #govegan #crueltyfree #veganism #veganlife #veganuniverse #acrylicpainting #veganlifestyle #meatless #instaart #artoftheday #instaartist #paint #contemporaryart #illustrator #fineart #savetheanimals #instaanimal #animallover #animalrights #veganuk #veganactivism  #veganartist
Marketing Myths 3 (Acrylic paint on A4 canvas boa Marketing Myths 3 (Acrylic paint on A4 canvas board, 2017) From factory to kitchen table... Marketing a farming fable. . . . . . #vegansofig #meatfree #activism #farming #pork #pigs #acrylicpainting #govegan #crueltyfree #vegansofinstagram #veganlife #bestofvegan #painting #instaart #paint #artistic #arts #piggies #activist #animalliberation #animalrights #compassion #veganuk #meatless #abattoir #factoryfarming #slaughter #veganartivist #marketingmyths #behindcloseddoors
'Shay and Terry - unnamed egg farm, Canada, 2020' 'Shay and Terry - unnamed egg farm, Canada, 2020' (acrylic paint on A4 canvas board) I've not been posting any new artwork on social media recently as I've been hard at work on a new series of paintings entitled 'ACTIVISTS', of which this is the first. In my seven years of producing work as an animal rights artist, these have proved to be the most technically difficult and emotionally charged pieces that I've ever created. Thanks to having access to brilliant photographs taken at 'Animal Save' vigils, factory farm rescues and on sanctuaries, I've attempted to capture the strength, compassion, trauma and joy of activists as they perform acts of the highest moral courage.  These unsung, everyday heroes form the very heart of the animal rights movement, and I wanted to pay tribute in the only way I can to people I regard as the most humane of all humans. With thanks to @shaytheactivist and @bigwoollybastard NB: I have six images already painted but I'm looking for more photographs of scenarios similar to those described above, so if anyone has personal photos that include animals AND activists in a single image, which they'd be happy for me to reproduce (bearing in mind that I do not alter the image any way at all, and I'm VERY fussy about the images I choose to paint!)  then please message me at phdsbl@hotmail.com Thank you for your help ACTIVISTS: - Rescue from a life of misery and pain - Bear witness to suffering - Re-home in sanctuaries - Show kindness, compassion and humanity in an inhumane world • • • • • #activist #activism #govegan #crueltyfree #savetheanimals #veganism #savetheplanet #veganlife #vegansofinstagram #directaction #animalrights #factoryfarming #protest #painting #instaart #artoftheday #animalrightsactivists #artistic #contemporaryart #illustrator #fineart #arts #animalrescue #veganartist #veganartivist #animalrightsartist #activists #eggfarm #canadianactivist #chickenrescue
Marketing Myths 2 (Acrylic paint on A4 canvas boar Marketing Myths 2 (Acrylic paint on A4 canvas board, 2017) 'From factory to kitchen table... Marketing a farming fable' . . . . . #vegansofig #meatfree #activism #farming #pork #pigs #acrylicpainting #govegan #crueltyfree #vegansofinstagram #veganlife #bestofvegan #painting #instaart #paint #artistic #arts #piggies #activist #animalliberation #animalrights #compassion #veganuk #meatless #abattoir #factoryfarming #slaughter #veganartivist #marketingmyths #behindcloseddoors
Some of the arty items available at my ETSY STORE Some of the arty items available at my ETSY STORE at www.etsy.com/uk/shop/PhilipMcCullochDowns Why not have a browse? And please do share this around with anyone you know, and help them get a little exuberantly arty colour into their daily lives! . . . . . #artprints #fineartcards #etsyshop #vegansofinstagram #contemporaryart #artcards #fineart #crueltyfree #greetingscards #artshop #acrylicpainting #visualart #artlovers #artsy #painting #animallover #activist #fineartshop #animalportraiture #artivism #veganartist #artcollector #artprintsforsale #wildlifeart #animalartwork #fantasyart #veganart #beautifulart #colourfulart #artcards
I have finally opened an ETSY STORE at www.etsy.c I have finally opened an ETSY STORE at www.etsy.com/uk/shop/PhilipMcCullochDowns which is jam-packed FULL of art cards and fine art prints, predominamtly animal-themed. Why not have a browse? And please do share this around with anyone you know, and help them get a little exuberantly arty colour into their daily lives! . . . . . #artprints #animalrights #etsyshop #vegansofinstagram #contemporaryart #artcards #fineart #crueltyfree #greetingscards #artshop #acrylicpainting #visualart #artlovers #artsy #painting #animallover #activist #fineartshop #animalportraiture #artivism #veganartist #artcollector #artprintsforsale #wildlifeart #animalartwork #fantasyart #veganart #beautifulart #colourfulart #fineartprints
Marketing Myths 1  (Acrylic paint on A4 canvas bo Marketing Myths 1  (Acrylic paint on A4 canvas board, 2017) 'From factory to kitchen table... Marketing a farming fable.' . . . . . #vegansofig #meatfree #activism #farming #pork #pigs #acrylicpainting #govegan #crueltyfree #vegansofinstagram #veganlife #bestofvegan #painting #instaart #paint #artistic #arts #piggies #activist #animalliberation #animalrights #compassion #veganuk #meatless #abattoir #factoryfarming #slaughter #veganartivist #marketingmyths #behindcloseddoors
NOW AVAILABLE! 'CONSUMER' window stickers 10cm x 1 NOW AVAILABLE! 'CONSUMER' window stickers 10cm x 14cm polypropylene stickers with low-tack adhesive, ready to be displayed on the inside of car/house windows with the design facing outwards. Inspired by the printed engravings of Albrecht Durer, as well as mankind's grotesque greed. £2.50 each, plus P&P. Currently very limited quantity. Contact phdsbl@hotmail.com Also available as an A3 print (contact the above address) and as a t-shirt, vest and hoody from mrcronch.teemill.com . . . . . #draw #sketchbook #instaart #vegan #creative #artoftheday #penandink #meatfree #illustrator #inkdrawing #instaartist #vegansofig #veganlife #crueltyfree  #linedrawing #lineart #artistsoninstagram #instablackandwhite #artistic #ukartist #decorativeart #drawinganimals #fantasticalart #veganartist #animalart #skeleton #windowstickers #consumer #veganartivist #veganactivism
'Standing up for the truth' (Acrylic paint on A3 c 'Standing up for the truth' (Acrylic paint on A3 card) 2017 Here is the description I wrote in describing the piece to the friend that commissioned this piece: "In my imagining, your painting has become a pastiche of Lord Kitchener's famous 'Your Country Needs You' WW1 poster - a call to arms that directly addresses the viewer with a challenge that demands a response. The swirl of animals around you has taken on the symbolic shape of a heart, and the human figure has become part of that swirl showing that you are no more or less important than the creatures around you. Your lovely dogs are the main focus of the picture, both of them obedient yet untethered and not 'owned' by anyone, and - unlike the abused animals all around them - they symbolise a harmonious companionship with humans, standing with them on equal terms. And it's really lovely to have Kichi looking so regal and imposing, whilst Dougie is alert, but relaxing with a toy, as well as lying right on top of the word 'STANDING' as if to assert his own opinion on whether or not he's going to obey that command...." • • • • • #activist #activism #govegan #crueltyfree #savetheanimals #veganism #savetheplanet #veganlife #vegansofinstagram # #bethechange #animalrights #factoryfarming #protest #painting #instaart #artoftheday #paint #artistic #contemporaryart #illustrator #fineart #arts #anonymousforthevoiceless #anonymousforanimalrights #veganartist #veganartivist #cubeoftruth
'Running with the wind' (black ink on A4 card) A s 'Running with the wind' (black ink on A4 card) A small original piece gifted to the charity 'Towards a compassionate nation' for them to sell to raise funds towards their cat/dog project in Beijing. This deals with the rescue and re-homing of stray animals, and those incarcerated in order to be used for meat. For sale as a fine art print on my shop at www.philipdownsart.co.uk/shop . . . . . #towardsacompassionatenation #hare #decorativeart #natureartwork #veganartist #wildlifeartist #fantasywoodland #inkdrawing #instaart #wildlife #lineart #artoftheday #creative #contemporaryart #blackandwhiteillustration #stars #woodland  #woods #artistic #acrylicpainting #instaartist #wildlife_perfection #animalsofinstagram #animals #linedrawing #blackandwhiteartwork #tacnuk #artwork #beautifulart #runninghare
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