Milk

The MILK project is about painting my immediate surroundings, with a focus on the different aspects of contemporary dairy farming.
How do things really work on a modern dairy farm, and why? How does this affect the animals, the people handling them, and the landscape they live in? I painted as much as my neighbours would allow in stables and fields. I visited the cattle market, and talked with farmers and activists. I painted a dairy cow life line from birth to slaughter. The result of a year of painting dairy cattle and the knowledge I gained can be found in this book.