Keri Anderson

Fortify These Notions

acrylic on canvas

24″ x 36″

2015

This painting is a reminder to find strength and courage within ourselves. We can have a notion of just what kind of person we would like to be in times of grief or struggle. When the physical body is broken the mental and the emotional state of health can be broken. This painting symbolizes the process of repair.

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Keri Anderson

Avalanche

Inspired by: Paul Quain, Loading Cattle, Aran

oil on canvas

24″ x 30″

2024

When I think of the American chicken industry, I can see this massive avalanche of chickens in overwhelming quantities touching each other suffocating others chickens in their path. Chickens that are raised for their flesh are treated like inanimate objects and are confined to massive sheds that hold tens of thousands of birds each. Frustrated birds peck at one another and cause injury or even death. Such intensive confinement also breeds filth and disease. Avalanche became a metaphor to me about the devastation and challenges that factory chicken farming industry brings to our environment. You are what you eat.

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