Francisco's painting 'Sacred Cow' depicts a Hereford cow , where the image is 'taped' in order to show that all cows are sacred, not just those who were lucky enough to be born in India.

"Sacred Cow" was a hard painting to make... many corrections, many layers, many restless hours, but in the end it was a very satisfactory piece. Some time later, I organized an exhibition at a local vegan restaurant, and when I was arriving, the owner of the place told me "please, tell me you brought the cow". It seems this painting was already well known on Facebook... Finally he bought this painting and now the cow lives happily on the walls of the restaurant."

'Arte Animal' project
Animal Art aims to fight for the rights of animals using art as a tool.
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Francisco describes the project, "In Arte Animal, we want to reflect the human-animal relationship through art, focusing primarily on animal rights such as the right to life and death with dignity, respect for the natural habitat of animals, the right not to be exploited and be used as food, means of transportation, clothing, experimentation, etc."

Francisco also designed our Art of Compassion Project logo which symbolises our mission - equality and compassion for all animals.