The Pig Drawing Analysis

The media of this artwork is a drawing using lead pencil. In the drawing there are pigs that are in cages with tags on their ears waiting anxiously to be slaughtered. The lines are straight all throughout the drawing as on the pig’s skin, the hair had to be sketched short and the roof and rails are only straight lines to make it look more realistic. The texture that the pencil looks is smooth as extensive amount of shading has been done to tone down the colour where the light is hitting the front of the artwork. Colours are dull as its lead pencils being used having the colours of black, grey, and white to keep the artwork simple for the audience eyes to focus on the pig’s faces and the terrifying conditions they are in. The space in the artwork is open as looking at the pig in the cage, you can also see the space around it like the other pigs on the sides making different expressions.
The artist who created the drawing is Jo Frederiks that lives in Murwillumbah, New South Wales. The meaning of the drawing titled called ‘Factory Farming: Industrialised Cruelty’ raises awareness for the animals and expresses through her art the feelings and the experiences she’s had in her life personally being around animals being