Fair game

"Fair game" is one of a recent series of paintings depicting images of animal exploitation in which, ironically, it is the animals themselves that are the protagonists.

While the subject might evoke disturbing images, I employ humour, soft colours and decorative elements that belie the sinister narrative content of the work – in the same way that the sordid underbelly of ‘legitimate’ mistreatment and exploitation of animals is repressed and sugarcoated.