A Pig With an Artistic Soul Became a Painter. Pigcasso Grabs Brushes in His Snout and Creates Colorful Compositions

Pigcasso is a pig who became an artist. Pigcaso and Joanne Lefson aim to create an awaken connection between food , animals and climate change. The animal artist, grabs paintbrushes and paints from the heart. The artworks can be both at a website and is exhibited in galleries.

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1:51 PM EST, January 17, 2022

Pigcasso who likes to paint

The whole story began in 2016. Joane Lefson saved a one-month-old piglet from going to the slaughterhouse. The pig went to live on a farm in the town of Franschhoek (South Africa). Once the woman noticed that Pigcasso was eating or destroying everything in his pigsty. He only spared the brushes, which remained intact. At the time, Joane recognized that the animal had an artistic soul.

With a brush in his snout

The woman purchased a canvas, chose paint colors, and Pigcasso grabbed a brush in his snout. From that moment, new paintings began to emerge. Man and animal work tirelessly together. The result is numerous and extremely colorful works. Some of them are exhibited in the Amsterdam gallery OINK! Pigcasso signs his canvases with an imprint of his snout.

Paintings For Sale

Recently, one of the paintings (Wild and free) was bought by a German collector for about 20 thousand euros. This is an incredible success! The previous record belonged to the chimpanzee Congo. In 2005, the picture painted by him was sold for 14 thousand euros.