INTERSPECIES TEAMWORK
Interspecies Teamwork, acrylic on canvas, 2022. 24" X 24"
This painting is inspired by a popular Chinese nursery rhyme about pulling carrots (拔萝卜). In the painting, six animals help each other to pull a colossal carrot: a hamster, rat, rabbit, monkey, kangaroo and elephant, in a carrot patch. The animals are arranged according to their size, with the hamster, the smallest of the six animals, being the first to pull the carrot and is helped by larger animals in increasing size until the elephant, the largest and strongest of the group, which is placed at the very back.
The artist intends to convey the message of teamwork among different groups, and that many hands make light work, no matter how strong one is.
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