An animal transformation piece with a fun twist. My rendition of the Alaskan Pig, with lipstick.
As an artist, things don't always turn out the way you envisioned. When I was making this piece, I was actually aiming for a wolf. :-) When my partner saw it she said "oh, you made a pig." I had to laugh. Since pigs aren't something we hold sacred or spiritual, what was I to do? Liz Googled "Alaskan Pigs" and three things came up. One was, of course, the infamous remark "you can put lipstick on a pig." So naturally, I kept it. :-)
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