Original artwork description:

This is a sketch I did at a milk farm in Normandie where I spent two summers. It shows the young cows who were not yet suitable for pregnancy.

Before going to this farm I thought mothers and children lived together. I had not imagined that a few hours after the calf is born, it is taken away from the mother and fed by bottle. If it is a male, within a few months they will be sold for meat. The same happens with females who have problems getting pregnant and with those who have had babies several times and do not produce as much milk. So farm cows never live to old age. And hence, the title of my painting.

After getting to know all of this I stopped eating dairy.

Materials used:

oil on foam board

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